Consent needed for electronic marketing
Speaking at the Direct Marketing Association’s (DMA) conference on 23 February, Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, said that whilst the details […]
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Telecom Italy fined 840,000 euros for marketing calls without consent
The Garante, Italy’s Data Protection Commission, has issued an administrative fine of Euros 840,000 for breaching Italy’s Privacy Code. Telecom […]
How To Transmit GDPR Consent In Programmatic
The IAB Tech Lab is tackling the thorny problem of transmitting consent under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation. […]
Strava: When privacy opt-outs fail
When privacy laws are set to use a default that lets people “opt out” to protect their privacy, the opt-outs […]
Practical tips for consent under the GDPR
The increased consent requirements under the GDPR have been a hot topic lately, due to the Article 29 Working Party’s […]
The GDPR and consent interfaces: A technician’s view
From an IT technician’s point of view, those of us tasked with operationalizing mandated transparency and consent requirements from the […]
FTC settles case on connected toys
Electronic toy manufacturer VTech Electronics Limited and its U.S. subsidiary have agreed to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission […]
GDPR, consent and data processing
Websites, mobile apps, IoT devices, smartphones and just about any other products, systems or processes will, in a majority of […]
France orders WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook without consent
Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data […]
GDPR: watchdogs give businesses ‘one off’ to continue data processing by moving away from invalid consents
Businesses that find that the consent they currently have to collect and use personal data is invalid under new EU […]
The Working Party guidance on consent is finally here
On Dec. 12, the Article 29 Working Party released for comment a draft of its guidance on consent under the […]
IAB Europe presents industry consent mechanism for meeting challenges under the GDPR
IAB Europe presented a new technical standard to support the digital advertising ecosystem in meeting requirements relating to user consent […]