This past week thousands of people around the world celebrated Data Privacy Day with a strong hope that data protection policies will continue to be enhanced around the world. New York is the latest state to enact a new law to protect employees from non-disclosed electronic monitoring in the workplace. “Data Privacy Day Around the […]
The data privacy movement has achieved one of its major goals of making most adults concerned with how their data is being collected and shared. However, many college-aged students are still not overly concerned leading privacy advocates to strategize on how to get the message across to these students. “Majority Want National Standards for How […]
Two positive steps at the political level occurred this week with the enactment of a new data privacy law in Virginia and the announcement of U.S. senators’ inquiries of Facebook’s data privacy practices with a focus on political advertising. “Senators Want Facebook To Provide More Info About Data Privacy and Political Ads Policies,” Forbes- August 9th, […]
Enthusiasm from privacy advocates is growing as more states enter the fray to develop protections from data breaches. However, many hope these state court actions are a precursor to a long-awaited federal law. 1. “South Carolina Biometric Data Privacy Act Could Increase Compliance Obligations,” Biometric Update.com- June 24th, 2021 Maryland, Illinois, and South Carolina are […]
After more than a year of back-and-forth litigation, the owner of TikTok, ByteDance, finally agreed to a $92 million class-action settlement this Thursday. “TikTok owner agrees to $92 million privacy settlement with U.S. users,” NBC News – February 25, 2021 ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, finally agreed to a $92 million settlement to settle […]