Privacy for Profit

Cookie consent tools are being used to undermine EU privacy rules, study suggests

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

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

Data Broker Registration

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, …

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EU Parliament debates: Could California be considered ‘adequate’ on its own?

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

How Digital Natives Are Shaping the Future of Data Privacy

“With the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) going into effect on January 1, 2020, I think it’s timely to look at how digital natives may change the way we view data privacy altogether. Our collective attitude toward data privacy is changing as we learn more about how maintaining data privacy is both desirable and difficult. …

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Privacy is not protected, FTC tells Apple and Facebook

‘A federal trade regulator has condemned the largest digital companies for their privacy records, arguing that it is currently “untenable” for consumers to understand and control collection of their own data.’ ‘“Even if consumers can walk through a privacy check-up, the amount of information that you have to process, to figure out what is happening …

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AB-713 California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018

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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Blog: The benefits of sharing personal data – what can we learn from Open Banking?

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. …

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