Many companies may ignore opt-out requests submitted through universal opt-out mechanisms under state privacy laws, Consumer Reports and Wesleyan University researchers said in a report released Tuesday.
Privacy is often only part of the job for most privacy professionals, which makes protecting data more challenging, compliance vendor Osano blogged Friday.
Companies that help consumers exercise privacy rights like opt-out and data deletion are not selling snake oil, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) said.
Businesses should emphasize “risk-based due diligence” in their privacy programs in response to recent trends from the FTC and state attorneys general, the Interactive Advertising Bureau said Monday in an International Association of Privacy Professionals blog post.
Clarification: The IAB Tech Lab plans to launch a privacy lab this summer and is exploring privacy-compliant technologies that can help reduce advertisers’ revenue shortfalls from signal loss (see 2503200041).
When thinking about global partnerships, especially those in research and emerging technology, the U.S. must ensure that privacy and security are balanced with the need for effective collaboration, Don Graves, former deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, told the American Bar Association's Privacy and Emerging Technology National Institute Friday.
NEW YORK CITY -- U.S. data privacy regulation is “constantly evolving,” said Daniel Rosenzweig, a privacy attorney and founder of DBR Data Privacy Solutions. Regulators are focused on whether companies are operationalizing legal requirements and honoring their public statements, he told the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Signal Shift event Thursday.
NEW YORK CITY -- The Interactive Advertising Bureau aims to provide a more predictable cadence of state privacy law updates to its global privacy protocol (GPP) this year, Rowena Lam, IAB Tech Lab senior director of privacy and data, said Thursday during IAB’s Signal Shift event.
The emergence of state privacy laws means that there are several standards or policies that companies and businesses must follow when defining and de-identifying sensitive information, said a panel of experts at the American Bar Association's Privacy and Emerging Technology National Institute event Thursday.
The new year has brought “escalating state regulatory demands and stricter enforcement reshaping business practices,” Proskauer privacy lawyers blogged Monday.