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Privacy Basics
10 months ago

For privacy, 2020 is not for hindsight

It has been an exciting few years for privacy. The passing and enforcement of new laws (such as CCPA and GDPR) and modifications made to others have caused a flurry of activity across organizations of all sizes. Decisions have been made about how meeting the laws’ requirements by changing p...
Privacy Ref
10 months ago

CCPA and University Surveillance Apps

It’s the turn of a new decade and a new privacy law has gone into effect — the California Consumer Privacy Act or CCPA. A quick check with some of my fellow privacy pros on how many consumer information requests received at the end of the day on Jan. 1, puts retail at higher numbers […]
Privacy Ref
10 months ago

The Empire Needs Privacy

It is 2020 now, and while the new year has a lot in store with regard to privacy, I want to take a look back. In fact, I want to look way back, long, long ago. In a galaxy far, far away. That’s right, I found a reason to write about Star Wars and privacy. […]
Privacy Ref
1 year ago

Knowing Your Part

Being a privacy professional can be tough but rewarding. There are multiple rules, definitions, and deviations by jurisdiction to those rules that we must know. This generally presents itself in the form of a question, “How do you learn and remember all these rules?” Generally, practice makes per...
Privacy Ref
1 year ago

SB220 Nevada Law

The Privacy Security and Risk Conference is next week in Las Vegas. While the conversation will most likely be dominated by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), there is another privacy law that should probably be on the agenda as well. That’s right, Nevada also has a new privacy law, spec...
Privacy Ref
1 year ago

After “No”

Part of a privacy professional’s job is the development of processes and policies to manage the consent of an individual. When someone does consent to their information being processed, there should be a means to record that they have done so and also a way for that individual to revoke their con...
Privacy Ref
1 year ago

Trust but Verify

Trust but verify — what are we talking about here?  Asking which of two pups tore apart the couch pillows?  My teenager’s story of why they missed their curfew?  An individual’s identity for a Data Subject Access Request (or individual rights request based on your privacy geo...
Videos
1 year ago

New York Privacy Law

In this video, Ben Siegel updates us on the new state privacy laws, specifically the New York Privacy Law, which was inspired by the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
Privacy Ref
1 year ago

Fifty States, Fifty Laws

The big news lately is that individual states are proposing their own privacy laws. California has the California Consumer Protection Act and now New York and Maine have also proposed laws. There has been discussion of a federal law, however it seems unlikely that any kind of landmark legislation...