Robert Blackburn - Page 3
Legal writer at TermsFeed.
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After a decade as a classroom English teacher, Robert decided to pursue his passion for writing and editing professionally. Having written copy on everything from travel to tech and honed his eye for detail as a quality assurance editor for an AI model, Robert now focuses on making legal topics easy for everyone to understand. When he’s not at his keyboard, you’ll find him pursuing his passion for the culinary arts or enjoying detective fiction.
Jurisdiction-Aware Data Mapping: A Legal Guide to Privacy Compliance Across Borders
If your business collects, stores, or processes personal data, you are subject to privacy laws. But if you operate across different regions or serve users in multiple countries, your compliance obligations grow quickly. Laws such as the GDPR (EU), UK GDPR (UK), CPRA (California), and the LGPD (Brazil) all apply...
UK GDPR
If your business handles the personal data of UK residents, understanding the UK GDPR is non-negotiable. Since Brexit, the UK is no longer subject to the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (EU GDPR). Instead, it enforces its own version, known as the UK GDPR, alongside the Data Protection Act 2018. The...
How to Legally Collect Zero-Party Data Across Different Jurisdictions
Zero-party data is a marketer's dream. Forget inferences and assumptions, zero-party data is personal information customers voluntarily share with your business. It can provide incredible insights into an individual's tastes, product preferences, and personal style, allowing you to enhance and personalize the customer experience. However, just because a user voluntarily gives...
How to Set Up SMS Marketing That Complies with 10DLC, TCPA, and Global Privacy Laws
SMS marketing has become an essential part of many businesses' marketing strategies. With a click-through rate six times that of email, if you aren't using it yet, you probably should be. The problem is that SMS marketing can quickly become a legal minefield. Every business must comply with 10DLC, TCPA,...
Privacy UX: How Design Choices Impact Legal Compliance
Privacy UX is about hitting the sweet spot between a great user experience and compliance with data privacy laws. Short for "privacy user experience," effective privacy UX allows businesses to collect the data they need while allowing customers to retain full control over how it is used. This balance can be...
How to Handle User Requests for Data Access, Deletion, and Portability
You've got your Privacy Policy, and you're fully compliant with data protection legislation. But part of your duties involve being ready to handle the following requests: Access to data Requests for deletion (sometimes known as the "right to be forgotten" Portability requests (receive a copy of their personal data to transfer to another...