Safeguarding privacy can be achieved through a federal privacy law and privacy-enabling technologies that help people exercise their rights and organizations in using personal data responsibly.
International firms, particularly those big Tech firms with operations in major markets such as China, EU and the US, are facing an increasingly challenging task in the evolving data security and personal information protection regulatory environment.
Aimed at restricting the flow of sensitive American data to "countries of concern" like China and Russia, this new executive order, signed by President Biden in February, has been framed by some as a step toward safeguarding the personal data of U.S. citizens from foreign threats.
Privacy professionals are facing a confluence of emerging and shifting data privacy risks and challenges in adjusting to remote work, addressing data protection risks resulting from the pandemic and operationalising new laws.
A new report gave almost half of the 14 states that have laws on the books a failing grade and notes that industry lobbying influence on state data privacy laws has been very strong. California is the only state with a model that was not originally drafted by a big tech outfit.
Australia’s Privacy Act 1988 has been under review since 2020 as lawmakers seek to modernize it. Google and Meta have weighed in with arguments for the benefits of ad-supported apps and cloud services.
Recently, China’s new Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) went into effect. The question now is what does this mean for the future of data protection policy, and perhaps more importantly, the lack of a comprehensive U.S. policy?
Approaching privacy and data protection with ethics beyond regulations means assessing its potential to harm people and society, generate negative behavior, or reflect discriminatory patterns. This needs to extend not only to data management but also to account security and transactions.
Much like the state privacy legislation that have come before it, the Maryland Online Data Privacy Act of 2024 (MODPA) includes its own unique provisions that will add additional complexities to an organization's compliance efforts and data use strategy.
The FTC’s new COPPA amendments would bolster children's privacy by further restricting how companies can collect, use and monetize the data of underage users, shifting a greater deal of responsibility for privacy online to service providers.
