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.
As an update to our smaller breakdown of Global Data Privacy Laws we now have included every country listed in alphabetical order with the Country,
In the fast-evolving landscape of data privacy, organizations are grappling with unprecedented demands. As of 2025, with new state laws proliferating across the U.S. and
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Israel’s commitment to modernizing its digital safeguards, the Knesset approved Amendment 13 to the Privacy Protection Law (PPL) on August 5, 2024. This sweeping overhaul,
Building a durable privacy program shouldn’t slow your business; it should power it. When privacy is engineered into your stack—lawful bases mapped, consent signals honored
In a landmark development for data privacy cases, AT&T has agreed to a $177 million settlement to resolve class-action lawsuits stemming from massive data breaches
For global organizations managing multiple brands, Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs) can quickly spiral into a complex and costly compliance challenge. Each request sets off
Amid ongoing debates over national data protection standards, U.S. House officials have issued a Request for Information (RFI) to gather insights on potential federal data
The California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA) has spurred lawsuits based on an old 1967 law thus proving that data privacy practices online have far
Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Ben Cline (R-VA) introduced the bipartisan Don’t Sell My DNA Act (H.R. 4492), aimed at protecting consumers’ genetic data during
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