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$10,000,000 civil penalty for disclosing personal data without consent

Data Protection Report

The claims related to the company’s sharing personal data without consumer consent and making it very difficult for consumers to cancel their subscriptions to this telehealth service. The complaint alleged that the company’s data handling practices also resulted in unauthorized disclosures of personal information.

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GDPR personal data explained

Collibra

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), in force since May 25, 2018, requires businesses to protect the personal data and privacy of European Union (EU) citizens, for transactions that occur within EU Member States. The GDPR also regulates the exportation of personal data outside the EU. Location data .

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Facebook and the FTC Announce A Deal, For Now

John Battelle's Searchblog

In fact, the apps could access nearly all of users’ personal datadata the apps didn’t need. Facebook told users they could restrict sharing of data to limited audiences – for example with “Friends Only.” It didn’t.

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California Consumer Privacy Act: GDPR-like definition of personal information

Data Protection Report

In addition, the Act specifies that any “inferences drawn” from various data elements of PI “to create a profile about a consumer reflecting the consumer’s preference, characteristics, psychological trends, preferences, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, intelligence, abilities and aptitudes” constitutes PI.

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Identity and The Independent Web

John Battelle's Searchblog

However, in the past few years, a large group of these sites have begun to use Dependent Web algorithms and services to deliver advertising based on who you are. Google watches what you search, where you go, and what advertising you encounter, and at near the speed of light, it provides you an answer. A Shift In How The Web Works?

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California proposes rules for automated decision-making

Data Protection Report

The proposed regulations also include some provisions specifically relating to the use of automated decision-making technology in the employment context, including rebuttable presumptions relating to the use of alternative methods of processing personal data.

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The Legitimisation of Have I Been Pwned

Troy Hunt

That harm extends all the way from those in data breaches feeling a sense of personal violation (that's certainly how I feel when I see my personal information exposed), all the way through to people literally killing themselves (there are many documented examples of this in the wake of the Ashley Madison breach).