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Compliantly Using Biometric Data in California
The state of California does not have any law that focuses specifically on the use or protection of biometric data. Instead, California's state legislature passed the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) as amended by the CPRA, which defines biometric data as a type of personal information that makes identifying...
Web Scraping Laws
Web scraping is all about acquiring information from somebody else's website. Many companies use third-party services that use various web scraping tools to build databases. These third parties then sell the data they've gathered to those who need various data sets. Legal issues have developed around web scraping because some businesses...
Virginia VCDPA vs California CPRA
Virginia's Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) and California's Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) are among the most powerful privacy laws in the United States. Both laws provide extensive definitions of "personal information," grant consumers rights over their personal information, and require covered businesses to provide transparent notice about their practices. But although...
How to Avoid GDPR Legal Issues Over Cookie Consent
Recently, we've been seeing more companies being taken to court or investigated by regulators under the EU's cookie consent rules. The GDPR has been in effect since May 2018, but websites and apps continue to flout the rules around obtaining opt-in consent for cookies. In this article, we'll look at some high-profile...
Compliantly Using Biometric Data in Arizona
Note: None of the laws mentioned in this article have passed. All have been shelved. Over the past few years, there's been a rise in both litigation and legislation regarding the collection and use of biometric information. There are many types of bio-data, or biometric identifiers. These include such things as face...
Amazon Affiliate Requirements
If you participate in the Amazon Associates affiliate program, you must follow Amazon's Operating Agreement or risk being terminated. You're also required by law to include some particular disclosures so you maintain a transparent relationship with users and avoid fines. Here's what you need to know about what Amazon requires, what...