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CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA California Privacy Authority Backs Groundbreaking Privacy Whistleblower Protection Bill
In a major development for privacy enforcement, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CalPrivacy) has thrown its weight behind a first-of-its-kind whistleblower protection…
GDPR UK Court of Appeal: GDPR-Style Security Duties Don’t Disappear Just Because Stolen Data Is “Anonymous” to Hackers
The U.K.
GDPR The Council Just Deleted the Most Consequential Sentence in GDPR History — And What Happens Next Will Define European Privacy for a Generation
There is a paragraph that the European Commission spent years building a legal case for, that the technology industry spent years lobbying…
The Kochava Privacy Litigation Case Is Finally Settled
It took nearly four years, two complaints, a motion to dismiss, a judge’s reversal, a class action, and a settlement that preceded…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA California AB 1159: A Landmark Student Privacy Bill That Fixes the Past While Struggling to Catch the Present
California has a well-earned reputation as America’s de facto privacy regulator.
DATA When Does Health Data Become Sensitive? The NAI’s Five-Factor Test Has Answers
The Five-Factor Test That Could Save Your Health Advertising Program — Or Expose It There is a question sitting at the center…
COOKIES Cosa Sono i Cookie: La Guida Completa per Capire Come Funzionano e Perché Ti Riguardano
Ogni volta che visiti un sito web, qualcosa viene depositato nel tuo browser.
Conduent Breach Class Action Privacy Lawsuits
Ten Lawsuits, One Courthouse, and a Growing Plaintiff Count and this is why you need to take governance, risk, and compliance serious.
GDPR Rethinking Social Media Regulation: Insights from Europe’s Digital Policy Frontier
European policymakers and digital economists are intensifying debates over how to regulate social media platforms, not just for market fairness but also…
COMPLIANCE Nigeria’s Data Protection Act and GAID Are Operationalizing a Modern Data Privacy Regime
Nigeria’s data protection landscape underwent a transformative evolution with the enactment of the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (“NDPA”), and the subsequent…
CALIFORNIA PRIVACY – CPRA Search Bar Privacy Lawsuit Protection
There is a new spike in privacy lawsuits, demand letters, and complaints being filed in California courts and we are the only…
AI The Diplomat Taking a Wrecking Ball to Europe’s Internet Rules: Who Is Sarah B. Rogers and Why Does She Matter to Privacy Professionals?
She is not a privacy professional in any conventional sense of the term.