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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
India's Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB)
Note: This bill has been withdrawn as of 2022. India's Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB) is currently in draft form and set to be tabled in Parliament. The PDPB looks set to be one of the strictest and most comprehensive data privacy laws in the world. In fact, it's stricter in some...
Why You Need a Social Media Policy
Social media has opened up new, highly effective forms of marketing. Your business can derive significant value from endorsements made by social media personalities, bloggers, and affiliate marketers. But this type of marketing is subject to considerable regulatory oversight. Following a spate of recent warnings, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is...
Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) regulates how companies collect, store, use, and share biometric information. In the past few years, several companies have been taken to court for allegedly violating the BIPA. The Illinois courts treat this law very seriously and are prepared to enforce it against non-Illinois companies. In...
When Does the GDPR Not Apply?
In short, the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) doesn't apply if your business doesn't operate within the EU, doesn't process personal data, or if you're only processing data for domestic purposes. In this article, we're going to look at the circumstances in which you might not need to obey this...
Conducting a GDPR Data Audit
Complying with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) means taking control of every piece of personal data in your company. This may sound like an impossible task, but it's not as daunting as it might seem. Your first step toward compliance should be conducting a data audit. You should take...
Security Clauses for Privacy Policies
A security clause in a Privacy Policy is often more about reassuring the reader than complying with a legal requirement. Including a security clause in your Privacy Policy can help you achieve the wider goal of making your users feel more comfortable sharing data with you, knowing that you have...