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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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
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST AB 713, as amended by Assembly Member Mullin California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: Make available to consumers two or more designated methods for submitting requests for information including, at a minimum, a toll-free telephone number. Make the internet website available …
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Top three considerations for anyone starting out: GDPR must be your guideBuild in data protection from the very beginning, and put individual rights under the GDPR front and centre. Design with the user in mind Your customer expects you to come up with a system that is straightforward, secure, and effective in achieving their goals. …
“With nearly 40 million residents, California and its frequently progressive legislature has been at the forefront of laws covering everything from plastic bag bans to animal welfare laws in recent years. Now, privacy is on the agenda.” https://www.cnet.com/news/californias-new-ccpa-privacy-rights-could-come-to-your-state-too/
Most people would be willing to give up privacy online in exchange for access to services such as Google, Box CEO Aaron Levie said. “I think that most consumers will make that trade,” Levie told CNBC. While data privacy laws like California’s pose a threat to the business model of some tech companies, Levie argued it …