CDP Institute

Not ok! This was 1) not legally authorized, 2) unrelated to postal service operations, and 3) outside their sphere of responsibility.

The US State Department yesterday announced the debut of the thoughtfully named Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy. We are happy to learn that their CDP bureau will address issues related to national security, digital technology, and digital policy – and not a moment too soon! Looking forward to working in tandem to help inform on privacy and digital data issues.

Today’s cars have their own agenda, which go well beyond just getting you from point A to B, and California is taking issue with that. In fact, the state is evolving new rules to allow you to opt-out of current default settings that enable your seemingly passive vehicle to broadcast your location to insurance companies and others (including the automaker) for the purpose of offering you ads for products and services. New rules planned to be promulgated this year under the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) will face a tough... Read More >

Increasingly, US states are proposing or enacting laws that could deprive LGBTQ individuals of gender-affirming care. This refers to procedures and treatment done to support a transgender or nonbinary person in a gender transition. The concern which was recently addressed in new guidance from the US Office for Civil Rights (OCR), is that some laws require medical providers to disclose protected health information (PHI), which is in violation of the US Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act (HIPAA).

A HubSpot poll of 300 emailers found that, despite previous alarm that Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection and iOS 15 changes would take a massive toll on open rates (and email marketing overall), the impact has been quite moderate. In fact, 47% were neutral about it, and the rest split almost evenly – with 29% negative, and 24% who felt it was actually positive. However, those that reported it positively were also more likely to be leveraging channels other than email for marketing.

All’s fair, it seems, when trying to boost the number of kids using Facebook. That all-important goal has prompted parent company Meta to orchestrate a nationwide – and sometimes deceptive campaign to take down (or at least hobble) its biggest global competitor, TikTok. According to The Washington Post, this effort led by Targeted Victory, a political consulting firm, includes placing op-eds and letters to the editor in newspapers – and even lobbying to present TikTok as a danger to American children and society. And, while TikTok has had its own... Read More >

The company has been named for collecting facial data without providing information on how it would be used and how long it would be kept.

This is being discussed in Parliament because it is in violation of the legislative intent.

Not intentionally, perhaps, but it can pick up voice and swivel to get panoramic views. And, despite the fact the company was notified in 2019 and again last month of vulnerabilities that made the camera data vulnerable to hackers, it waited until last week to notify its customers.