Data refers to any information that can be collected, processed, and used. This can include personal information like names, addresses, and online activity, as well as business data like customer records and financial transactions.
Data privacy focuses on the responsible handling and protection of personal data. It encompasses principles such as:
Individual Rights: Granting individuals control over their personal data, including the right to access, rectify, erase, and object to processing.
Data Minimization: Collecting only the data necessary for a specific purpose and avoiding excessive data collection.
Data Security: Implementing appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, 1 or processing.
Captain Compliance provides articles, guides, and other resources to help educate users about the various topics related to Data Privacy.
For decades, consent has functioned as the legal and ethical linchpin of data protection. If a person agrees, the story goes, the processing of their
The Maine Online Data Privacy Act (also referred to in the bill as the Maine Data Privacy and Protection Act) is a proposed comprehensive consumer
The Federal Trade Commission just dropped a clear signal to the data broker industry: your business of packaging and selling Americans’ personal information—including details that
Ask many people in Generation Z about online fraud, surveillance, or data misuse and the response is often dismissive: “What’s the risk?” Having grown up
Recent groundbreaking decisions by the Superior Court of Québec and the Ontario Superior Court of Justice have signaled a transformative shift in the Canadian legal
Privacy programs exist in a measurement paradox. Organizations spend millions on privacy infrastructure, personnel, and technology, yet struggle to articulate the return on that investment
Every privacy leader has heard it before: “Our program checks all the boxes.” Policies are documented, training gets completed, and no regulators have come knocking.
In an era defined by rapid technological advancement and deepening political divisions, privacy has transcended its traditional role as an individual right to become a
The Cisco 2026 Data and Privacy Benchmark Study lands at a moment when “privacy” is no longer a standalone function with a narrow compliance
For those who do not have access to a PDF reader we supply the recent Connecticut data privacy enforcement report below. For the original source