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
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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.
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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
Continue Reading ICO Sets Deadline for Data Privacy Code Affecting Online Services
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published a standard for company’s to implement personal information management systems (PIMS). The ISO’s guidance aims to assist businesses with compliance goals and further
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Italian Data protection Authority, Garante privacy, ordered a company that did not acquire granular consent for marketing from members of its loyalty programs to:
(i) stop processing personal data for
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has entered into a settlement with a provider of management software for car dealerships that held personal information, including SSN’s and payroll information, in cleartext,
Continue Reading FTC, Car Dealership Management Software Company Reach Settlement Over Storage of Personal Information in Cleartext
The Lithuanian data protection inspectorate issued a 61,500 EUR fine against a payment services provider for violations of the data minimization, adequate security measures and data breach reporting requirements of
Continue Reading Lithuanian Data Protection Inspectorate Levies Fine for GDPR Data Management Violations
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.
Benefits cited
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The Illinois Supreme Court’s Ruling
On January 25, 2019, the Illinois Supreme Court issued its long awaited opinion in Rosenbach v. Six Flags Entertainment Corp, ruling that the Illinois Biometric
Continue Reading Illinois Supreme Court Rules That Actual Damages Are Not Necessary Under the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
Keep your passwords close…and complex, and encrypted and unique, and ever-changing.
In the wake of recent data breaches involving passwords, the French data protection authority, the CNIL, has published guidelines
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