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DOT to conduct first US airline industry privacy review

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced it will review how customers’ personal
Information is being handled by major airlines, and whether information collected is being shared with third parties. The airlines, including American, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest and United, will also be evaluated based on how they, their employees and contractors are trained to handle passengers’ data and enforcement actions would be pursued if appropriate.

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Forty Percent of Retail Associates Say Employers Don’t Meet Their Tech Needs: Scandit

March 26, 2024

Although over two-thirds of retail store associates regard their devices as critical to their work, allowing access to product information and multi-tasking, 40% complain that employers are not meeting their tech needs with 20% saying it does not appear to be a priority. This is based on a survey of 2,000 associates across seven countries by smart data capture platform Scandit. Around a third of the sample say it can take two to four weeks to get up to speed with devices.

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Congress unanimously approves the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act

March 26, 2024

Despite being saddled with a long, unwieldy name and no clear acronym, the Protecting Americans’ Data from Foreign Adversaries Act would, if passed by the Senate, mark a big step in the US regulating personal data handling at the national level. Aimed at the data broker industry, (PADFA?) would bar sales of sensitive data to adversarial nations. However, privacy advocates are concerned this is still too narrow to accomplish significant protection of US consumer data.

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