PRIVACY BEAT: Some CCPA changes appear positioned for Calif. Senate passage — then Assembly talks in September
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Some CCPA changes appear positioned for Calif. Senate passage — then Assembly talks in September It looks as if the final language of the California Consumer Privacy Act, effective Jan. 1, is going to end up...
PRIVACY BEAT: Privacy and web browsers — should publishers be looking to create an independent single-sign-on system?
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Privacy and web browsers — should publishers be looking to create an independent single-sign-on system? California and European privacy-law changes — and moves by major browser software makers — might encourage...
PRIVACY BEAT: French and U.K. data-privacy regulators release guidance on consent and use of personal data
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. French and U.K. data-privacy regulators release guidance on consent and use of personal data In France and in the United Kingdom, data-privacy regulators released guidance on when users of personal data have to...
PRIVACY BEAT: Data mapping and compliance vendor lands $200M investment as market for privacy services appears to heat up
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Data mapping and compliance vendor lands $200M investment as market for privacy services appears to heat up OneTrust, an Atlanta-based data-mapping and privacy-compliance services company reported last week it had...
PRIVACY BEAT: Ad-tech companies fighting over who gets control of first-party “cookie” or identity; a role for ITEGA?
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Ad-tech companies fighting over who gets control of first-party “cookie” or identity; a role for ITEGA? A competitive war is underway among titans of the ad-tech industry — and at least one scrappy startup — over...
PRIVACY BEAT: Internet Association launches PR website asking California residents to support “ad fix” to the CCPA
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Internet Association launches PR website asking California residents to support “ad fix” to the CCPA The Internet Association, a trade group that counts Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and eBay among its...
Privacytown: How a news organization can become its community’s “privacy protector”
Privacytown Q&A For centuries, local news organizations have been integral to the communities they serve. By providing important news and information to improve the health and well being of local residents, they have established themselves...
Privacytown Application Interest Form
Privacytown Application InterestPrivacytown: How a news organization can become its community’s “privacy protector” — Signup Your local news organization could become a pilot Privacytown. Learn how your can build trust with your community and increase...
Major publisher group DCN says “sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to non-personal data
Major publisher group DCN says “sky won’t fall” if RTB switches to non-personal data; calls for evolution from status quoBy Bill DensmoreThe head of the biggest group that represents digital operations of major U.S. publishers says not to heed the “sky is...
Pre-law student’s paper examines the potential for constitutional challenge to CCPA
Pre-law student’s paper examines the potential for constitutional challenge to CCPA | No firm conclusionCould application of the U.S. Constitution’s interstate commerce clause — generally leaving nationwide business exchange to Congress to regulate —...
PRIVACY BEAT: Facebook quietly releases new privacy settings after Sandberg talk at Cannes
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Facebook quietly releases new privacy settings after Sandberg talk at Cannes Last week at Cannes, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg said the company needed to be clearer on how users data is being used. ...
PRIVACY BEAT: Aspects of third-party ad-tech data sharing could likely be forbidden under CCPA unless user is offered “opt-out,” attorney says
Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. 1. Aspects of third-party ad-tech data sharing could likely be forbidden under CCPA unless user is offered “opt-out,” attorney says Brands are “past the denial stage” and realize GDPR and CCPA privacy restraints...