The FTC has entered into a consent order with a sole proprietor for a failure to implement reasonable protections of personal information.
At issue were the following statements, which the
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Cookies in the spotlight in France:
Actual consent – in.
Continued browsing – out.
The French Data Protection Authority, CNIL, repealed its 2013 guidelines on cookies consent and announced upcoming
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“The loss of privacy often seems like no big deal, a small price to pay for the convenience of the digital world. This is an all-too-common misunderstanding that can have
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“Whenever we make a call, go to work, search the web, pay with our credit card, we generate data. While de-identification might have worked in the past, it doesn’t really
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To sue or not to sue (for privacy violations), that is the question.
“Lawmakers negotiating a national privacy bill are clashing over whether to allow consumers to sue companies …
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Canada has introduced a Digital Charter that will entail considerable changes to its privacy law, PIPEDA.
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The “agree button is one of the biggest lies on the internet. This is not consent. This is not notice,” said U.K. Information Commissioner’s Office Executive Director for Technology Policy
Continue Reading UK Privacy Official Says Tech Companies Losing Users’ Confidence: ‘Acquiescence does not equal trust’
Utah legislators voted unanimously to pass landmark legislation in support of a new privacy law that will protect private electronic data stored with third parties like Google or Facebook from
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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
Continue Reading Survey: People Value Privacy, But Not Enough To Take Action To Protect It
In the age of digitization, personal information your business holds about your customers (or your customers’ customers) has become a strategic enterprise asset and should be treated as such.
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