All Data Privacy articles – Page 6
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PremiumEDPB decision sparks ‘consent or pay’ debate for Big Tech firms
Big Tech firms might need to rethink their plans to charge users for not selling their personal data for behavioral advertising following a decision by Europe’s primary data regulator.
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News BriefU.S. senator calls for Temu ban over forced labor, privacy concerns
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) is calling on the Biden administration to investigate and ban Chinese e-commerce company Temu over forced labor and data privacy violation concerns.
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PremiumFocused on consumer privacy? Don’t forget employees’ rights
The implications of a privacy rights case involving a U.K.-based Uber Eats driver underscore a popular belief that companies prioritize protecting the personal information of their customers over the data rights of their employees.
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News BriefKey lawmakers put forward bipartisan American Privacy Rights Act
A bipartisan consumer privacy bill released by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) would provide the broad, comprehensive protections businesses and Americans have called for, according to the lawmakers.
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News BriefCPPA warns of collecting too much data in first enforcement advisory
The California Privacy Protection Agency warned businesses to stop asking for excessive information from consumers who have requested to opt out of having their data collected or who are otherwise exercising their privacy rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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OpinionNew leadership no easy fix for Irish DPC’s GDPR woes
The Irish Data Protection Commission has a new leadership structure, but it is uncertain whether the changes can get the key privacy regulator caught up on enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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PremiumICO primed for enforcement increase behind new fining guidance?
The Information Commissioner’s Office updated its data protection fining guidance to provide companies with greater transparency and clarity about how and why it would issue penalties for a breach of the U.K. General Data Protection Regulation or Data Protection Act 2018.
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News BriefDOT launches first data privacy review of 10 biggest airlines
The U.S. Department of Transportation is looking to thwart the nation’s 10 largest airlines from monetizing passenger data or selling it to third parties.
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PremiumPrivacy by design a silver bullet for stemming AI risks?
The proliferation of artificial intelligence technologies—and their reliance on publicly available data—has reinforced the need for tech developers and the companies using their solutions to ensure privacy by design and by default is at the crux of any offering.
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News BriefItalian DPA fines UniCredit $3M over data breach GDPR lapses
The Italian data protection authority announced a fine of €2.8 million (U.S. $3 million) against UniCredit for alleged violations of the General Data Protection Regulation regarding insufficient security measures the bank had in place during a cyberattack.
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PremiumFTC ‘will not stand for’ misuse of browsing, location data
The Federal Trade Commission is amid a crackdown on businesses misusing browsing and location data that provide enough information to be used to identify nonconsenting consumers.
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WebcastCPE Webcast: Applying traditional TPRM security and data privacy practices in the digital space
This webinar explores the compliance challenges posed by evolving privacy regulations and the recent explosion of class-action litigation arising from third-party advertising technology on websites.
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News BriefBiden executive order to target commercial data broker activities
A new executive order seeks to put clamps on the sale of Americans’ personal data by data brokers and other companies to certain countries found to be of national security concern.
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News BriefAvast to pay $16.5M in FTC case over deceptive data selling
The Federal Trade Commission proposed Avast pay $16.5 million and be prohibited from selling any browser data to settle charges the software provider sold consumer information to third parties after promising it would not.
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News BriefDoorDash fined $375K in second public CCPA enforcement
Food delivery company DoorDash agreed to pay a $375,000 fine as part of a settlement announced by California Attorney General Rob Bonta addressing alleged violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act.
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PremiumPublic consultation on GDPR opens door for changes
Feedback from a European Commission consultation on the six years of enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation could result in tweaks to the rules and potential changes to the way data protection authorities enforce them.
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PremiumLRN survey: Compliance programs shifting focus from bribery, corruption
Many ethics and compliance programs have refocused their efforts away from bribery and corruption and onto data security and privacy, complex government regulations, artificial intelligence security, and other contemporary challenges, a survey from LRN found.
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PremiumToeing the ‘fine line’ of cloud security compliance
When organizations move their data or operations to the cloud, the compliance team has their work cut out and then some, experts discussed at CW’s Cyber Risk & Data Privacy Summit.
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PremiumThe blurred lines of employee monitoring under GDPR
The French data regulator’s fine against an Amazon warehouse manager for violating employees’ rights to privacy in the workplace once again raises questions about what constitutes an overzealous approach to employee monitoring and why companies fail to recognize the signs.
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PremiumExamining precedent set by French DPA’s Amazon employee monitoring fine
The decision by France’s data regulator to fine an Amazon warehouse manager for breaches of the General Data Protection Regulation over the way it monitored employee productivity raises questions about the reach data protection authorities have over corporate conduct.