Stephen Titcombe - Page 9
Legal and Data Privacy Writer at TermsFeed.
Stephen is a seasoned web content writer and business research specialist with 4+ years of experience writing for various industries, including business, legal, venture capital, news, finance, e-commerce, travel, and more. For the past two years, he has worked as a Legal and Data Privacy Writer, developing guides to help businesses comply with data protection laws. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, Stephen has a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Obafemi Awolowo University.
Choice of Law in Cross-Border Operations
Expanding your business operations across international borders opens up a world of opportunity, but it's not without its legal complexities. For one, you'll have to consider which country's law will govern your contractual relationship with customers (i.e., the "choice of law"). Another related consideration is the cross-border requirements of global privacy...
Privacy Policy for Social Login (Sign In With)
Simply put, social login is a single sign-on (SSO) technology that allows you to identify and register users on your website or app using information collected from their social media accounts. To avoid legal liability, businesses that implement social login ("sign in with" buttons or "login with" buttons) will need to...
Privacy Policies and Language Choices
If your website or app targets users from different regions or cultures, your Privacy Policy needs to reflect that diversity by offering multiple translations to accommodate language preferences. Privacy laws don't explicitly require multilingual Privacy Policies, but they do emphasize transparency. And transparency only works when users can understand your policy...
Data Protection Officer (DPO)
A Data Protection Officer (DPO) is an independent professional tasked with overseeing a company's data protection strategy and ensuring compliance with data privacy laws. Since the arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), appointing a DPO has become mandatory for many organizations worldwide and a best practice in general. This article...
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is a federal law that sets national standards for the privacy, security, and electronic exchange of personal health information in the United States. If your organization handles any form of health data in the U.S., it's imperative that you comply with HIPAA regulations....
Opt-Out Policies Explained: Why They Matter and How They Work
An opt-out policy is a set of guidelines or procedures that specify how a business handles a request to stop something. Put differently, it's the system(s) you put in place to honor people's requests to be removed from certain activities. In data privacy, opt-out policies are vital for two key reasons: They...