Blog: Privacy Policy Agreements
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What the New York SHIELD Act Means for Your Business
The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) is a data security law passed by the New York Senate in mid-2019. The law comes in response to an increasing number of high-profile cyber attacks. The SHIELD Act requires that businesses set up a "Data Security Program" to monitor...
What is Personal Information Under Privacy Laws
The term "personal information" is defined slightly differently across privacy laws, but it always refers to information that can be used to identify an individual such as a name, home address, phone number, and even an IP address. Your business probably collects, stores, and shares personal information every day. This means...
The ePrivacy Regulation - What to Expect
The ePrivacy Regulation will introduce new rules about cookies, direct marketing, and business-to-business (B2B) communications. Online advertisers have lobbied fiercely against many of its provisions. However, the proposals have changed a lot over a series of drafts. This article will take a detailed overview of the draft law and consider how...
CCPA (CPRA) Privacy Policy Template
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) took effect on January 1st, 2020 and affects businesses all over the world. The CPRA expanded it via a number of expandions and amendments. This law requires businesses to fully disclose how they treat consumers' personal information. On your road towards CCPA (CPRA) compliance, one important...
Privacy Policy For Brexit
Editor's Note: Because Brexit occurred some time in the past, some content in this article is no longer valid, such as the invalidation of the Privacy Shield framework. Whatever your views are on the UK's decision to leave the European Union (EU), it's hard to disagree that it has caused a...
Voice Assistants and Privacy Issues
As voice assistants and voice-activated Internet of Things devices work their way into people's homes, there are plenty of new opportunities for developers and businesses. Creating an app that obeys voice commands and interacts with a third-party voice assistant presents the opportunity to reach a rapidly-growing market of tech-savvy consumers. But...