Bavarian DPA Conducts Website Cookie Practices Sweep, Announces Fines under Consideration
Data Protection Authority (DPA) of the German state of Bavaria announced it was considering fining a number of companies under […]
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Consent and preference management: A primer
Here are some tactical steps to ensure compliance for businesses impacted by the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the […]
Validity of consent coupled with free online services
The Austrian Data Protection Authority, headed by the chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), provided a clear way […]
The value of consent and user preference
The GDPR and related legislation are a direct response to the growing consumer need for transparency in data usage – […]
Austrian DPA Issues Decision on Validity of Cookie Consent Solution
On November 30, 2018, the Austrian Data Protection Authority published a decision in response to a complaint received from an […]
GDPR consent-string fraud hurts ad tech
In an interview with Digiday an ad tech executive discusses how consent-string manipulation is potentially costing their business hundreds of […]
How a small French privacy ruling could remake adtech for good
A ruling in late October against a little-known French adtech firm that popped up on the national data watchdog’s website […]
UK ICO Issues Warning to Washington Post Over Cookie Consent Practices
UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) issued a warning to the U.S.-based The Washington Post over its approach to obtaining consent […]
Dutch data watchdog: PSD2 consent must be obtained ‘separately’
Third parties seeking access to payment account information held by banks must distinguish their requests to process customer data distinct […]
Why Data Privacy Based on Consent Is Impossible
Digital privacy philosopher Helen Nissenbaum goes deep on the fundamental flaws in data collection policies. Scott Berinato spoke with Nissenbaum about […]
How PrivacyChain could solve one of consent management’s biggest problems
The new privacy blockchain proposal — announced last week by the Interactive Advertising Bureau’s Tech Lab in conjunction with identity […]
Why we must remember where informed consent comes from
In an excellent IAPP podcast interview by Angelique Carson, Woody Hartzog makes the compelling point that informed consent was originally […]