The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there’s a lag on cleaning up Big Tech. “One thousand four hundred and fifty-nine days have passed since data rights nonprofit NOYB fired off its first complaints under Europe’s flagship data regulation, GDPR. The complaints allege Google, WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram forced people …
Virtually every country has enacted some sort of data privacy laws to regulate how information is collected, how data subjects are informed, and what control a data subject has over his information once it is transferred. Failure to follow applicable data privacy may lead to fines, lawsuits, and even prohibition of a site’s use in …
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Dark patterns show up all over the web, nudging people to subscribe to newsletters, add items to their carts, or sign up for services. But, says says Colin Gray, a human-computer interaction researcher at Purdue University, they’re particularly insidious “when you’re deciding what privacy rights to give away, what data you’re willing to part with.” …
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““Version 2.0” of the CCPA — the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) of 2020 aka Proposition 24 […] would be a great win in strengthening privacy rights in California. Here are the top 12 privacy enhancements found in the CPRA: #1 Creates a New Privacy Right — The Right to Limit the Use of Sensitive …
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You are at the end of long day; just about to turn in for the night. You just do one last check of your inbox for any signs of a reported security incident. Suddenly you are aghast, the new email count in your inbox registers over 9,000 new emails! You quickly scan to fathom what …
“Across industries, teams with expertise in real-world spaces are rushing into digital ones where they’re novices and pumping huge amounts of user data into new systems. These changes carry the risk that reams of personal data will be mismanaged and vulnerable to exposure. This situation raises two major challenges for many businesses: First, they need …
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“There was justifiable apprehension as GDPR’s introduction approached, not to mention plenty of blind panic as the clock ticked down. However, two years down the line we now have plenty of research which tells a more positive story. After only a year of GDPR coming into effect, email marketers witnessed a whole host of benefits, …
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Value-based rules reinforce trust in both companies and consumers. How can we create a set of shared rules and governance models that fulfil the criteria set out in the European Commission’s latest communique, and take into account the European values and on conflicting needs? Let’s start with research, values and the individual’s perspective. In the …
“Europe’s rules have been a victim of a lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources and stalling tactics by the tech companies, according to budget and staffing figures and interviews with government officials. Even some of the law’s biggest supporters are frustrated with how it has worked [..] But since the law was enacted, …
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