- Google's 'Hopelessly Vague' Privacy Policy Violates GDPR, Privacy Advocate Claims
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 16, 2020
The browser company Brave has alleged in a new complaint that Goog ...
- Privacy Bill Fails In Washington State
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 13, 2020
The measure stalled after lawmakers disagreed over whether consumers should be ab ...
- New Federal Privacy Bill Would Let Consumers Delete Their Data
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 13, 2020
Senator Jerry Moran has introduced a new privacy bill that would overri ...
- Self-Serving Subscribers: Most Opt Out After Getting A Freebie, Study Finds
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Monday, March 16, 2020
Many consumers have a junk email box, and few read all ...
- Permanent Forgetfulness: Consumers Often Want To Opt Out But Can't: Study
Email Insider, Ray Schultz - Friday, March 13, 2020
The privacy issue is complicated by the spread of Coronavirus. Are institutio ...
- California AG Flip-Flops On Proposed Privacy Rules
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 12, 2020
The newest round of proposed regulations to the California Consumer Privacy A ...
- Facebook Says Location Privacy Lawsuit Too Vague, Seeks Dismissal
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
A class-action privacy complaint "fails to specify what, if any, location-related informati ...
- Criteo Probed By French Data Watchdog: Report
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 11, 2020
CNL, France’s data protection authority, is investigating Adtec company Criteo after ...
- Vermont Sues 'Immoral' Clearview Over Facial Recognition Database
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
"The state urges that the people of Vermont immediately be set fr ...
- Dating Company Match Group Backs Bill That Could Discourage Encryption
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Online dating company Match Group will tell lawmakers Wednesday it supports "EA ...
- Facebook Faces Legal Action In Australia Over Cambridge Analytica
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Australia's privacy watchdog is to take Facebook to court over the Cambrid ...
- LinkedIn Asks Supreme Court To Intervene In Battle Over Scraping
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 9, 2020
A recent federal appellate decision that requires LinkedIn to allow its si ...
- New Trademark Filing Rule Could Lead To Email Scraping: Report
Email Marketing Daily, Ray Schultz - Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Filings must now be done electronically -- and they must include ...
- Virgin Media Data Breach Included Links To Porn Sites
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, March 9, 2020
The "BBC" is reporting the Virgin Media data breach was more serio ...
- 4 Questions Marketing Should Have Asked IT At Cathay Pacific (And Virgin Media)
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Friday, March 6, 2020
The airline is a laughing stock over its lack of protection ...
- The Gummed-Up Data Machine
Media Insider, Ted McConnell - Thursday, March 5, 2020
Regulators seem blissfully unaware that their actions regarding privacy are helping Facebo ...
- 65% Of Consumers Believe It's A Risk To Give Up Their Data To Brands
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
People willing to share data with brands increasingly want to know t ...
- Staying Out Of The Spam Folder -- And Legal Trouble
Around the Net in Email, Ray Schultz - Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Is your email spam? It could be classified as such under t ...
- Sen. Markey Blasts Clearview, Renews Demand For Information
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
"I am concerned that Clearview might be collecting and processing images ...
- Court Upholds Facebook Privacy Settlement Over Message Scanning
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
A federal appeals court has upheld a privacy settlement that requires Facebo ...
- Rail Travellers Have Had Data Compromised After Using Wi-Fi
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Rail travellers who use free station Wifi have had their personal informati ...
- Did Mobile Marketers Just Lose A Route To Dodgy Location Data?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Tuesday, March 3, 2020
The railway station free Wi-Fi data breach will impact the murky wor ...
- FCC Seeks To Fine Carriers $200 Million Over Location Privacy Lapses
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 28, 2020
"This FCC will not tolerate phone companies putting Americans' privacy at risk ...
- Viacom, Comscore To Settle Children's Privacy Lawsuit
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 28, 2020
Comscore and Viacom have agreed to settle class-action complaints alleging they violat ...
- Google App Vulnerable to Malware
Around the Net In Digital, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, February 28, 2020
Researchers have found that an Android malware strain can steal one-time passcod ...
- California Privacy Law Could Become More Business-Friendly, Watchdogs Say
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 27, 2020
New proposed regulations "are largely a step backwards for protecting consumers' privac ...
- Shoppers Want Personalisation, But Also Greater Privacy
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, February 27, 2020
New research from Episerver suggest that shoppers are giving brands an impossib ...
- Clearview Data Breach Prompts Renewed Calls To Curb Facial Recognition
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Facial recognition company Clearview AI recently notified its clients that the company ...
- Firefox Starts Encrypting Domain Names
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 25, 2020
The move could help prevent broadband access providers like Comcast and AT& ...
- ANA Seeks To Postpone California Privacy Enforcement
Digital News Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 25, 2020
The ANA argues in its 18-page comments that companies will need ...