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Tim Berners-Lee Launches New ‘Contract for the Web’ to Create a Better Internet

December 6, 2019

Contract for the Web wants to create a better internet at a time when huge corporations are failing to respect privacy, governments can no longer be counted on to provide affordable and accessible Internet, and citizens are no longer interested promoting civil discourse. Read More

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Data Privacy News

Facebook Is Acting Like Digital Gangsters, Says New UK Report

March 18, 2019

Democracy is at risk from companies like Facebook that behave like digital gangsters. And, in fact, there are many similarities between Facebook’s behavior and recent violations and the way that “traditional gangsters” act. Read More

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Data Protection Insights

Big Tech’s Hidden Agenda for Privacy Regulations

March 7, 2019

Big tech companies are pushing for watered-down privacy regulations that would largely permit them to continue doing business as usual. There is reason to suspect that these tech companies now view federal privacy regulations as a way to construct barriers and moats around their core business. Read More

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Data Privacy News

The California Digital Dividend Plan: Can Data Monetization Revenue Sharing Work?

March 3, 2019

California is putting a proposal on the table to force big tech to create a digital dividend fund to share revenue from any personal data monetization. Will this address increased demand for income inequality and government involvement in wealth redistribution? Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

2018 Is the Year Data Privacy Came into Public Consciousness

December 28, 2018

Data privacy came into public consciousness in 2018. Yet, even with new regulations to protect personal privacy, it’s clear that there is still a long way to go in 2019 before personal data is truly protected. Read More

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Data Privacy News

America’s Big Tech Companies Finally Waking up to the Idea of Federal Privacy Laws

October 28, 2018

The days of federal privacy laws coming to Silicon Valley may happen sooner than you think. In a much-publicized keynote speech given at the 40th ICDPPC in Brussels, Apple CEO Tim Cook gave his full-throated support for laws that would be at least as stringent as the EU GDPR. Read More

Robot's Hand Striking Gavel on Sounding Block Showing Tech Industry Push for a Federal Privacy Law

Data Privacy Insights

Why the Tech Industry Is Pushing for a Federal Privacy Law

October 18, 2018

Apparent trend toward heavy government regulation of personal data collection has tech industry titans discussing support for a federal privacy law so that the industry-supported legislation contains terms that are as friendly to them as possible. Read More

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Data Privacy News

Tech Companies Ready to Battle New California Data Privacy Law

July 13, 2018

California once again takes the lead with new data privacy law. While tech companies are not delighted and will continue to fight, it is still a better alternative to the November ballot which would have been more problematic. Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

GDPR: Tech Giants’ Deathblow to Small Businesses and the Privacy Lie

June 4, 2018

GDPR may have a huge impact on small businesses but may not stop government surveillance or cool the unfair advantage of tech giants over smaller industries and smaller players. Are there real improvements to consumer privacy? Read More

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Data Privacy Insights

Are the Silicon Valley Tech Giants Panicking Yet Over New Privacy Regulations?

May 30, 2018

While the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal has created its share of problems for Facebook, it’s clear that the scale and scope of the scandal extends to every corner of Silicon Valley. After all, most tech giants are collecting staggering amounts of user data and comprehensive new privacy regulations seem imminent. Read More