The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), a broad-based law protecting information that identifies California residents, will take effect in 2020. The law includes detailed disclosure requirements, provides individuals with...more
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Cookies and trackers sat on a wall, cookies and trackers had a great fall…
Dutch data protection authority, Autoreitpersoonsgegevens (AP), holds that the practice of a cookie banner that does not allow you to enter a...more
Despite their distrust in tech giants and lack of confidence in their privacy practices, people aren’t likely to go out of their way to safeguard their information, shows a survey of nearly 4,000 people across generations....more
Much like your credit report, where you can look and check who has been accessing and using your credit information and make corrections, so should be the case with the rest of your personal information – says, Sen. Reuven...more
FTC, the De Facto Privacy Regulator.
The Federal Trade “Commission has settled or litigated more than 60 law enforcement actions against businesses that allegedly failed to take reasonable precautions to protect consumers’...more
The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, issues guidance on credit card data in remote transactions:
Merchants who collect credit card detail to facilitate a transaction, need the consent of their customers to keep...more
“It is important that organizations have appropriate technical and organisational measures in place. This includes having clear data protection policies, taking a ‘data protection by design and default’ approach and...more
Changes to the Safeguards Rule and the Privacy Rule applicable to financial institutions under the Gramm Leach Bliley Act are in the works.
The FTC is proposing changes to the Safeguards Rule to add more detailed...more
Competition considerations in how big tech companies handle personal data – the U.S. version.
Bloomberg Law reports that following a number of actions by European Union competition authorities, U.S. antitrust regulators...more
Thailand’s Parliament passed the Personal Data Protection Act, a bill created to offer citizens similar protections to the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
The data protection law, effective after a one-year transition...more
The Federal Trade Commission should be the primary enforcer of a federal privacy bill and to do so would need a larger budget. That is one point that seemed to be in consensus at the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...more
Trending: #GDPR.
In 2018, the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) received more media coverage than Mark Zuckerberg, and was searched on Google more often than either Beyonce or Kim Kardashian – say stats...more
To U.S. Federal Privacy Law or To Not U.S. Federal Privacy Law, that is the question.
At a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing February 26, industry professionals and advocates made their pitches for what should...more
Under a proposed amendment to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) filed Feb. 22, companies that amass user data could be the target of class-action litigation from state consumers if they’re accused of violating the...more
Since May 25, 2018, 206,326(!) GDPR cases have been reported by Supervisory Authorities (SAs) from 31 European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
Of those, 94,622 were initiated by individual complaints and 64,684 due to data...more
Local data protection representative – the South Korea version.
“South Korea updated its Act on the Promotion of IT Network Use and Information Protection (Network Act) in December 2018. Starting March 19, the law will...more
Show me the money and I’ll show you my data.
“How much would you charge a marketer to use your personally identifiable information for general advertising purposes?”...more
Several initiatives signal big changes for the regulation of privacy in China in 2019 reports the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)....more
The U.S. Government Accountability Office recommends that Congress consider comprehensive federal internet privacy legislation.
Issues that should be considered include:
Which agency or agencies should oversee Internet...more
What’s in store for CCPA?
Narrower definitions? Broader private right of action? Increased funding?
All were discussed at a hearing regarding the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) held at the California State...more
To better position themselves for foreign trade, on the heels of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many countries in the Asia Pacific are tweaking, implementing or developing their own privacy laws....more
Privacy compliance as a competitive differentiator: 97% of 3,200 companies surveyed say they are receiving auxiliary benefits today from their data privacy investments, beyond just meeting compliance requirements....more
New Jersey follows in California’s footsteps with legislative initiatives on privacy.
The main proposed law (bill A-4902), will require commercial websites and online service operators to give customers:
A description of...more
If you de-identify end user data, this may be a use compatible with the original purpose for which the data was provided and not require seeking consent from the individual.
So, that’s between you and the end user. What...more
Will the California Consumer Privacy Act serve as a blueprint for a federal privacy law or for a patchwork quilt of state privacy laws?
As states have been commencing legislative proceedings and as proposals for a federal...more