ICO published a package of detailed guidance and checklists for direct marketing activities.
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Companies have begun to face costly problems abroad while they wait a new privacy deal.
E-commerce websites and apps in China, and those using third party platforms to sell their products and services in China, must update their operations, services and systems in advance of wide-ranging new rules.
Earlier this month, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office published a draft code of practice (“Code”) on designing online services for children. The Code is now open for public consultation until May 31, 2019. The Code sets out 16 standards of “age appropriate design” with which online service providers should comply when designing online services (such […]
On April 12, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) published draft guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects. The Guidelines discuss how the “contract” legal basis applies in the context of online services or “information society services,” defined as “any service […]
The European Data Protection Board welcomes comments on the Guidelines 2/2019 on on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects. Such comments should be sent to EDPB by 24/05/2019 at the latest. More infoemation: Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal […]
Despite conflicting opinions about online privacy, customers choose to shop with companies that take reasonable security precautions. Most Americans are actually willing to online shop with retailers that previously faced a security breach—if they have taken measures to secure data, according to the report. With years of conflicting news about cybersecurity threats and breaches, users […]
The attorneys who filed the “wiretapping” suit against online mattress firm Casper have launched three new challenges. Source: E-commerce tracking practices raise privacy questions – CBS News
A global survey on internet security and trust found users are worried about privacy, and in particularly wary of cybercriminals, internet companies, and governments. This lack of trust is hurting the potential of electronic commerce, the survey revealed. Source: Privacy-Related Worries Are Keeping Users From Using E-Commerce, Survey At UNCTAD Finds
This study reviews the main legal and regulatory challenges associated with online platform (OP) operations and analyses the incentives for OPs, their users and third parties to detect and remove illegal or harmful and dangerous material, content and/or products.
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