CDP Institute

The beach provided access to 150,000 surveillance cameras at hospitals, police department and schools, and exposed other footage, including from Tesla and Cloudflare.

A December 2020 survey of nearly 9,000 consumers showed 47% of U.S. consumers had experienced financial identity theft — up 42% from 2019. The report issued by the Aite Group found consequences for financial institutions can be severe, including that 12-13% of consumers who experienced fraud are unlikely to do future business with them.

A U.S. Congresswoman proposed a national consumer privacy bill in the U.S. House of Representatives. Saying, it is "better to have a federal law than a patchwork of state laws," Democrat Suzan DelBene introduced The Information Transparency and Personal Data Control Act which would require businesses to get consent before sharing sensitive information, let users opt-out of collection of nonsensitive data, oblige businesses to explain how data is being used, and expand the Federal Trade Commission's authority to enforce the law.  It would override stronger state legislation and doesn't allow consumers to sue for violations -- two features the ad industry likes and privacy advocates do not.

T-Mobile to begin ad targeting in April T-Mobile will begin using its customer data for ad targeting, unless (as we’ve done here) individuals change settings to opt-out. This is the opposite of what Apple, Google and others are doing and is even more intrusive than what Verizon (T-Mobile’s parent company) does.

The company, which has enjoyed four-fold growth during the pandemic, can rest easy following a California judge’s ruling that violating user privacy rights by sharing personal information with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn — and letting malevolent intruders join meetings (called Zoombombing) — is “mostly” immune under Section 230 of U.S. law.

TrustArc’s PrivacyCentral tool maps your compliance against global privacy laws With privacy regulations changing almost daily, knowing which laws apply to your company is crucial.  TrustArc has designed a new tool to deliver contextual, real-time insights to privacy teams. PrivacyCentral identifies which regulations are likely to apply to data held, and prioritize laws according to timelines, owners and KPIs.

Oklahoma’s House of Representatives has passed a data privacy bill in an 85-11 vote. The legislation, which now moves to the state Senate, overcame industry opposition and adds pressure on the federal government to enact privacy legislation as Oklahoma joins California, Virginia, New York, Washington and other states. The four pillars of the new legislation are: right to know, right to delete, right to opt-out of collection, and an opt-in requirement beginning in 2023.  Private right of action didn't make it through committee.

Google’s plan to block use of third-party cookies in Chrome has alarmed advertisers and web publishers. Some are exploring workarounds via alternative tracking technologies such as CNAME.  Researchers believe these could put user data, credit card information and authentication credentials at risk.

LiveIntent NonID integrates with MediaMath With an integration that works across devices, LiveIntent’s new NonID platform will help brands cope with the approaching reality of losing access to 3rd party cookies. It uses a hashed email address to connect and make actionable the first party data of publishers and marketers.

Digital publishers know privacy compliance is crucial to avoid fines instituted by GDPR for content management. But, according to a survey conducted by Digiday in December, many are working with vendors who are not compliant, despite IAB Europe’s Global Vendor List (GVL) of 600 vetted providers.

Moscow’s plan to install 5,000 facial recognition cameras at metro turnstiles has set off privacy and human rights alarms that they will be used for surveillance as well as expedited payment for transport. Unfortunately, this is not a problem confined to Moscow given how many cameras are in world cities already.

The Mobile Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) can see your future – no need to navigate, steer, or worry about your privacy. MOBI, which has just released a new set of privacy-sensitive data sharing standards, lays out how this can work for them and for you.