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BigID announces $70M in funding; valuation now exceeds $1B BigID, which closed on the funding earlier this year also announced its platform can now be integrated with SaaS applications from ServiceNow.

Company websites can be scored within 24 hours against up to 50 different factors, including on regulatory compliance, tracking, and data retention.

Questions misuse of consumer data related to VPN.

Funds will be used for R&D for ways to monitor privacy compliance and digital citizenship.

OneTrust gains $300M Series C funding Led by a new investor, TCV, this newest round for OneTrust brings its total raised to $710M in just 18 months. More than 7,500 organizations including more than half of Fortune 500 companies use OneTrust to manage their privacy and security.

One-third said they depend on third-party ad platforms to meet sales goals.

First time financial penalty issued to US tech firm.

UK Online Harms Bill due early 2021 proposes fines of up to 10% revenue for spreading harmful content, misinformation or disinformation. It will apply to any company that serves UK-based users and will cover a large range of topics.  It is the first attempt by the government to regulate online misinformation.

Offers consumers streamlined privacy management to manage preferences depending on level of relationship (active, neutral, none) they have with a given company.

Enforcement action could follow.

Google, Amazon get $163M fine and 3 month ultimatums from CNIL France’s Data Authority, CNIL doubled its highest previous penalty and charged Google $121M, saying it does not sufficiently inform French Google users why and how cookies are used. Amazon similarly was given a $42.5M fine for putting cookies on users’ computers without consent. Both companies disagree.

Business fines to be imposed for collecting or selling.