Hello digital citizens. Alistair here, writing to you from San Francisco about California’s new privacy law that kicked in a few days ago. It gives me the right to ask companies to send me my data, tell them to delete it, and prevent them from selling it. I gave it a try, and so far …
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Most cookie consent pop-ups served to internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission to track people’s web activity — are likely to be flouting regional privacy laws, a new study by researchers at MIT, UCL and Aarhus University suggests. Cookie consent tools are being used to undermine EU privacy rules, study suggests by Natasha Lomas on …
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35% of U.S. households have had a data security problem in the last 12 months, including identity theft, data theft or a computer virus. Only 25% of consumers think companies handle their personal data responsibly. Just 10% of consumers believe they are in complete control over their personal data 69% of consumers believe companies are …
CCPA benchmark: 40% of 600 largest U.S. companies launched a CCPA portal https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/ccpa-benchmark-40-600-largest-us-companies-launched-portal-jay-cline
California law requires a data broker, as that term is defined in California Civil Code s.1798.99.80, to register with the Attorney General on its internet website that is accessible to the public. The law mandates that a data broker shall pay a registration fee and provide all of the below information (name; primary physical, email, …
Could California have its own Privacy Shield arrangement separate from the rest of the U.S.? That was the most exciting question that emerged from a discussion about the data-transfer agreement’s third annual review at the European Parliament Thursday. EU Parliament debates: Could California be considered ‘adequate’ on its own? By Jennifer Baker
Consent Commons es un sistema de iconos que resume de un vistazo la información legal que recoge el consentimiento cuando se recaban datos de personas físicas en entornos online y apps. Consent Commons is a system of icons that provides an at-a-glance summary of consent and permissions regarding personal data online and in applications Consent …
GDPR and CCPA is the baseline for consumer privacy, Graham Williamson says that “…managing user consent will not only become more nuanced i.e. controlling specific service entitlements for which a user agrees to contribute their data, it may also be required to manage a transaction i.e. a value exchange in which the value of the …
“Digital systems – how they’re built, the data they gather (and the data they don’t), the categories we’re put into – by design require a flattening of our identities, reflecting a prioritisation of what most matters to the people collecting the data. Our identities are fluid – that’s what makes us human – but digital …
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