Annual Cisco Consumer Privacy Survey, a study including the opinions of over 2,600 respondents of varying demographics in 12 countries, indicates that consumer awareness of data privacy rights is continuing to grow and that AI has some work to do to earn public trust.
Thoughtful regulatory framework combined with industry led initiatives will give consumers transparency and control, while enabling businesses to bring new products and services to market without excessive fear around unclear or overbearing regulations.
As consumer privacy issues continue to grow, privacy professionals should look at the overall landscape of the litigation risks to better plan for comprehensive data privacy policies.
The legal battle between Facebook-owned WhatsApp and the Indian government is a bit of a high-stakes game of chess determining both global consumer privacy and the sovereignty of tech companies to build such privacy on their own platforms.
New research provides evidence we’re entering the Great Privacy Awakening. In the absence of a federal law, consumers are taking action: From using ad-blockers, and deleting their browser history to using their privacy rights and requesting their data be deleted.
Product developers always face the challenge of creating a pleasing user experience without increasing legal risk, how can companies find a balance between them?
Consumer sentiment around marketing data collection varies. It’s therefore imperative for businesses that deal with customer data to do so with the utmost respect, caution, and strict adherence to their consumers’ preferences and in compliance with privacy laws.
With an increase in legislation, the privacy landscape is a moving target for brands. Businesses are diverting precious resources away from improving personalization relevance to maintaining global privacy compliance. The two shouldn’t be working against each other.
People are increasingly aware of consumer privacy issues, but also overwhelmingly feel that they do not have the tools to protect themselves and look to government to intervene.
The consumer privacy lawsuit alleged that Oracle made $42.5 billion annually by surreptitiously creating "dossiers" on millions of people that it sold off to both private and government parties.