For deidentification under the traditional laws like HIPAA, removal of identifiers qualifies.
That was a key facet of what I discussed last week on an anonymization panel during the IAPP
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Employers should have in place a process to delete former employees’ information – including public facing information and photos – to meet their retention limitation requirements, according to the Belgian
Continue Reading Caveat Employer? In the EU and California, Employers Must Beware!
After the recent Court of Justice of the European Union decision on sensitive inferences that can be drawn from the name of your spouse, it is fair to ask: Is
Continue Reading Is Everything Sensitive Data?
What does the summary judgment granted to Linkedin in the famous Linkedin-HiQ Labs case teach us about data scraping in the US?
Here are some of my thoughts on what
Continue Reading The LinkedIn-HiQ Labs Case and Data Scraping in the US: Some Takeaways
What do you need to know about the changes in the new, new, new, new, new CPRA Regs?
During its 44th Annual meeting in Istanbul, the Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) voted to admit the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) as a full voting member.
The Global Privacy Assembly
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The CFPB is coming for your financial data rights.
“When a consumer permits their private data to be used by a company for a specific purpose, it is not a
Continue Reading CFPB Financial Data Rights Rulemaking: What You Need to Know
If you are using dashcams to monitor employees and customers, you need to be careful.
A recent finding from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada offers good guidance
Continue Reading Are You Using Dashcams to Monitor Employees and Customers? Be Careful.
The California Privacy Protection Agency has revised (again) the CPRA regulations.
There are several edits, including some clarifications and removals simplicity of implementation “at this time.” The regulations also double
Continue Reading Revised California Privacy Rights Act Regulations Are Out: What You Need to Know.
If you are recording or transcribing real time exchanges of communications, like in a chat or text messages, and keep transcripts of the chats without permission, you may be in
Continue Reading This Is NOT Your Grandfather’s Wiretap