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A new breach involving data from nine million AT&T customers is a fresh reminder that your mobile provider likely collects and shares a great deal of information about where you go and what you do with your mobile device — unless and until you affirmatively opt out of this data collection. Here’s a primer on […]
Continue ReadingIn this interview for Help Net Security, Troy Fine, Senior Manager of Cybersecurity Risk Management at Drata, talks about the challenges of data compliance and what companies must do to achieve it. Compliance has been an important factor for all businesses for quite some time now. What are the hurdles most companies have to overcome […]
Continue ReadingBy Deeba Ahmed Sephora claims it respects consumer privacy and “strives to be transparent about how their personal information is used” to improve customer experience. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Sephora Fined $1.2 Million for Breaching CCPA and Selling User Data
Continue ReadingAs of June 30, 2022, 91% of companies across all verticals, states, and business size that must comply with CCPA are still unprepared to meet CCPA requirements, according to CYTRIO. Further, 94% of companies that must comply with GDPR are ill prepared to meet the GDPR compliance requirements. “The majority of companies that must meet […]
Continue ReadingCYTRIO released findings from additional independent research it conducted during Q1 2022 on the state of companies’ readiness to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). As of March 31, 2022, the findings uncovered that 90% of companies are not […]
Continue ReadingDataGrail unveiled the results of its research report that looks at consumer data privacy trends. In the report, the company benchmarked the cost, volume, and challenges associated with data privacy. The report focused on the actions that consumers took in 2021 to exercise their privacy rights under the CCPA. This includes the right to access […]
Continue ReadingData privacy regulations are designed to give consumers more transparency into and control over how their data is collected, shared and used, especially as more consumers grow concerned about how their data is accessed and used by big data companies. As more data privacy regulations go into effect, companies will face pressure to ensure they […]
Continue ReadingOnly 11% of companies are able to fully meet CCPA requirements, especially when managing Data Subject Access Requests (DSARs), according to a CYTRIO research. The research also showed a disconnect in compliance with 44% of companies not providing any mechanism for consumers to exercise their data rights despite stating they needed to comply with CCPA […]
Continue ReadingDue to technological advances like the rise of cloud storage and social media, there is an increasing concern over privacy — especially when it comes to how businesses collect and use customer data. While the U.S. does not presently have an all-encompassing privacy law for the entire country, more and more states are establishing their […]
Continue ReadingIn today’s mobile app landscape, providing customers with the most tailored and personal experience possible is essential to edging out competitors. But creating such a custom-made experience requires collecting personal data – and when considering the criticism massive tech companies are garnering for their misuse of sensitive information – mobile app developers must prioritize data […]
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