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Privacy requests increased 246% in two years
2024-05-06 03:30

Data Subject Requests - formal requests made to a company by a person to access, delete, or request not to sell/share the personal data that the company holds on them - increased by 32% from 2022 to 2023, according to DataGrail's 2024 Privacy Trends Report. Data deletion requests were the most common type of DSR, on average accounting for more than 40% of requests across businesses.

Understanding emerging AI and data privacy regulations
2024-05-02 04:50

Learn how these regulations interact, their implications for both public and private sectors, and their role in shaping future AI and data privacy practices globally. Amid a recent uptick in laws and regulations being developed within the European Union, three EU-based data regulations are especially important to pay attention to, as they will influence data practices across a range of critical sectors.

Watchdog reveals lingering Google Privacy Sandbox worries
2024-04-29 10:15

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Ring customers get $5.6 million in privacy breach settlement
2024-04-24 14:31

The Federal Trade Commission is sending $5.6 million in refunds to Ring users whose private video feeds were accessed without consent by Amazon employees and contractors, or had their accounts and devices hacked because of insufficient security protections. The action is part of a settlement following a complaint from May 2023 alleging that Ring failed to implement adequate security measures to protect the devices from unauthorized access.

Dan Solove on Privacy Regulation
2024-04-24 11:05

Consent plays a profound role in nearly all privacy laws. There are generally two approaches to consent in privacy law.

Watchdog tells Dutch govt: 'Do not use Facebook if there is uncertainty about privacy'
2024-04-22 14:00

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UK data watchdog questions how private Google's Privacy Sandbox is
2024-04-22 11:13

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Breakthrough in Quantum Cloud Computing Ensures its Security and Privacy
2024-04-19 18:19

The researchers used an approach dubbed 'blind quantum computing' to connect two quantum computing entities; this simulates the situation where an employee at home or in an office remotely connects to a quantum server via the cloud. Professor David Lucas, the co-head of the Oxford University Physics research team, said in a press release: "We have shown for the first time that quantum computing in the cloud can be accessed in a scalable, practical way which will also give people complete security and privacy of data, plus the ability to verify its authenticity."

EU tells Meta it can't paywall privacy
2024-04-18 12:19

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FTC Fines Mental Health Startup Cerebral $7 Million for Major Privacy Violations
2024-04-16 08:36

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered the mental telehealth company Cerebral from using or disclosing personal data for advertising purposes. It has also been fined more than $7...