Google to let sites block personalized ads under California privacy law
Websites and apps using Google’s advertising tools will be able to block personalized ads to internet users in California and […]
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Brexit Party under investigation for ‘failing to hand over personal data’
An investigation into Nigel Farage’s party has been launched by the Information Commissioner’s Office. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched […]
Europe’s First Big Privacy Crackdown on Big Tech Is Coming Next Year
The Irish Data Protection Commission was due to give its draft decision on a WhatsApp privacy case in December, but […]
UK’s data regulator again warns ad tech over GDPR compliance
U.K. data protection authority, The Information Commissioner’s Office, has stepped up its warning for the ad tech industry to get […]
China requests internet companies to tighten data privacy as consumer anxiety rises
China is currently working on new data privacy laws as governments around the world address rising consumer anxiety as more […]
EU Commissioner Vestager to present new AI law at the start of 2020
Over the next three months, European Commissioner Margrethe Vestager will draft a new European law for AI. As of December, […]
What if our personal data is less the ‘new oil’ and more like uranium?
Organisations are blundering about with our personal information with little idea of how to handle it safely, or even what […]
Less than half of US businesses are ready for CCPA compliance
The survey, conducted by Osterman Research, Inc., revealed the current state of security team preparedness and critical gaps in compliance […]
How Washington state lawmakers plan to regulate data privacy and facial recognition
Washington state legislators will push for new regulations governing data privacy and facial recognition next year. The new legislation builds […]
IAB Releases Specifications for CCPA Compliance Framework
IAB Tech Lab is releasing version 1.0 of the technical specifications for the IAB CCPA Compliance Framework. The Framework supports compliance […]
Facebook Seeks Dismissal Of Location Privacy Class-Action
Facebook is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit claiming it wrongly collected users’ IP addresses and deduced […]
Senate Democrats unveil priorities for federal privacy bill
A group of top Democratic senators from four key committees on Monday unveiled their priorities for the nation’s first comprehensive […]