A wave of letters from California residents seeking information about what personal data was disclosed to third parties via a 2003 law could be a trap for businesses receiving the request, Troutman attorneys warned Monday.
While consent is a critical component of digital privacy, it's also "one of the most misunderstood," Scott Loughlin, a Hogan Lovells data protection lawyer, said in a video the firm posted Thursday.
Marketers mustn’t take a reactive attitude to privacy compliance with enforcement heating up, said Lucas Long, InfoTrust head of global privacy, on a Thursday webinar hosted by the vendor Osano.
YouTube content creator MrBeast should update data collection practices to comply with COPPA, the Better Business Bureau (BBB) National Programs’ Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) recommended Thursday.
Among the first steps toward compliance is determining what privacy laws and regulations apply to your organization, said Downs Rachlin lawyers in a blog post Wednesday. But it's "no easy task," said Matthew Borick and Jennifer Drake: Start with a careful assessment of "your data collection practices" and "don’t assume you’re exempt."
While companies often understand they risk incurring regulatory fines when they ignore data privacy, many underestimate the real cost of this approach, which includes the potential for lawsuits and class actions, said Bricker Graydon lawyer Nancy Magoteaux in a blog post Tuesday.
Conducting a data inventory is growing in importance from a best practice to almost a requirement for organizations complying with state privacy laws, said Colleen Yushchak of consultant Ankura on a webinar Wednesday co-hosted by attorneys from Squire Patton.
Discussing how privacy issues intersect with a company’s growth goals and how they permeate the organization is key to having a strong privacy policy and earning consumer trust, said TrustArc executives during a Tuesday webinar the compliance vendor hosted.
Whether to use an internal or external auditor to comply with new California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) rules depends on the company, said Woods Rogers cybersecurity attorney Patrick Austin in an IAPP analysis posted Tuesday. “There is no one right choice that applies to all businesses.”
The variety in privacy laws and standards give companies some flexibility in how consent banners are displayed on their websites, said panelists during an IAPP webinar Tuesday. But they cautioned that teams throughout an organization must understand how trackers operate on the site and what data is collected.