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How the GDPR Impacts Online Advertising
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is long in form, broad in scope, and powerful in its effect. Almost every company trading in the EU has had to consider how the GDPR will affect its operations. Online advertising is one of the business activities most significantly affected by the...
GDPR vs Australian Privacy Principles
While Australia's legislation shares a lot with the GDPR, and both laws aim to achieve many of the same things, they are actually very different in substance and effect. This article will compare and contrast key elements of these two privacy laws and see how they apply in practice. Overview of the...
Privacy Policy for HubSpot Analytics
If you use HubSpot Analytics, it's very likely you'll need to have a Privacy Policy. Though HubSpot doesn't directly require this, it does demand that all customers follow the law when using the service. Several state, national and international laws explicitly or implicitly require a Privacy Policy when you handle personal...
Privacy Policy for Crashlytics
Crashlytics can be an effective and convenient way for you to discover the causes and severity of crashes in your app. But to do its job, Crashlytics needs to collect and analyze a lot of information about your users and their activity. You may not have really considered it, but this...
What Activities Count as Processing Under the GDPR?
The word "processing" appears in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) over 630 times. The law features seven "principles of data processing." It requires companies to ensure the "resilience of processing systems." It even proclaims that "the processing of personal data should be designed to serve mankind." Processing personal...
Violation of Usage of Android Advertising ID Policy
A number of Android app developers have received a strongly worded email from Google recently. This email warns the developer that their app could be removed from the Google Play store. Sometimes it states that their app has already been removed. The developer is deemed guilty of the following: "Violation of...