IT’S THE LAW (01/04/2022)
Illinois’ new Protecting Household Privacy Act is first-of-its-kind legislation. It protects household IoT device records by not allowing law enforcement access without a search warrant.
Illinois’ new Protecting Household Privacy Act is first-of-its-kind legislation. It protects household IoT device records by not allowing law enforcement access without a search warrant.
A new amendment to Election Laws (Amendment) Bill 2021 allows Aadhar, a social security-type system to connect with country voter rolls. The government says this will allow them to check for duplicate registrations. Aadhar has been controversial since its 2009 inception because it’s been linked to other private systems, including in finance and telecom.
Washington Post-Schar School poll surveying more than 1,100 adults found wide distrust of social media companies with 73% calling data collection for ad targeting, “unjustified,” and 64% saying government should do more to regulate privacy.
CIAM (Customer Identity and Access Management) was once largely about managing employee access to company systems, but it’s increasingly applied to consumer log-ins and identities as well. This creates an overlap with the identity management systems more traditionally used for customer data. The expanded market helps to explain why private investor Thoma Bravo just paid $2.8 billion for CIAM vendor Ping Identity, a 60% premium of its most recent stock price and just under 10x revenue.