Key practice takeaways from the Kişisel Verileri Koruma Kurumu (KVKK) Turkey EUR 195,000 fine against WhatsApp (which echoes the Data Protection Commission Ireland decision in many respects):
And the cookie continues to crumble.
NOYB has filed 422 complaints with ten EU data protection authorities. The move came after it sent written warnings and draft complaints to more than 500 companies on May 31, 2021.
About 42% of all violations were remedied within 30 days. However, 82% of all companies have not fully
What are practical lessons learned from the $85 million Zoom settlement?
The European Data Protection Board has issued final guidelines on virtual voice assistants.
The guidelines appear to be largely unchanged from the draft issued in February for public consultation.
The main change is noting that even if VVAs are themselves a software service, they always operate through a physical device such as a smart
I spoke this week on Usercentrics’ Tech That Talks program, taking look at personalized ad targeting and the future of cookies.
Among the issues we discussed:
Children’s data isn’t child’s play.
If you have a product or service that collects information from children, you should:
Commission d’access a la information du Quebec has issued guidance on employee geolocation tracking.
Here are some key takeaways:
U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts has introduced the “Algorithmic Justice and Online Platform Transparency Act.”
If signed into law, the bill will impose several new requirements on online platforms:
Bang for your privacy compliance spend buck.
For every $1 an organization spends on privacy compliance, they receive a $2.70 return on investment, finds a recent survey conducted by Cisco.
The study also found that the more mature privacy programs were seeing much better ROI. Companies that had scores above four on a scale of
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced a completion deadline for their code that will translate General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirements into design standards that protect children who access online services.
The code is being refined following a consultation period and will be made final on November 23, 2019.
The ICO stated that