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 procedures and policies. Now it is […]
For privacy, 2020 is not for hindsight Read More »
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
CCPA and University Surveillance Apps Read More »
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.
The Empire Needs Privacy Read More »
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 perfect and experience is the best teacher. However,
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, specifically SB220. This new privacy
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 consent or opt-out of
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 geography)? Or, maybe it’s a vendor’s claim of protecting
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 on privacy passes through to be
Fifty States, Fifty Laws Read More »
At Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference last week, the message was all about Privacy. Apple has been more privacy-minded than other tech companies – that’s not news and it’s why I have an iPhone. They’ve introduced some interesting privacy features, such as showing location tracking, which I think is pretty cool. I don’t leave my
Privacy Comes at a Price Read More »
The California Consumer Protection Act has gotten a lot of attention recently and rightly so. It is, however, just one of a number of US state privacy legislation initiatives that have either recently been passed or is under consideration.
CCPA is a Shiny Object Read More »
