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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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California proposes rules for automated decision-making

Data Protection Report

The business would have 15 business days to halt the use of the personal information after receipt of the opt-out request. For example, to what extent would a model already trained on consumer’s personal information be permitted to continue operating following an opt-out request?

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Identity and The Independent Web

John Battelle's Searchblog

As we roam the web, we are tracked, tagged, and profiled by third parties. If I alight on a post about a cool new mountain bike, for example, I might chose to reveal that I'm a fan of the Blur XC, a bike made by the Santa Cruz company. In this example, the Dependent Web does the revealing for me. Can't we do better?

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The FCC made sure you couldn’t go full George Carlin in your creative execution, for example. Facebook took nearly all the world-beating characteristics of Google’s AdWords and added the crack cocaine of personal data. The FTC made sure you couldn’t commit fraud. Facebook began to grow by leaps and bounds.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The FCC made sure you couldn’t go full George Carlin in your creative execution, for example. Facebook took nearly all the world-beating characteristics of Google’s AdWords and added the crack cocaine of personal data. The FTC made sure you couldn’t commit fraud. And the FEC?—?that’s The programmatic Lumascape.

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This Is What Happens When Context Is Lost.

John Battelle's Searchblog

The FCC made sure you couldn’t go full George Carlin in your creative execution, for example. Facebook took nearly all the world-beating characteristics of Google’s AdWords and added the crack cocaine of personal data. The FTC made sure you couldn’t commit fraud. And the FEC?—?that’s The programmatic Lumascape.