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Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began July 1. A new addendum to strengthen it goes to a vote in November.
Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) began July 1. A new addendum to strengthen it goes to a vote in November.
How does working from home during COVID-19 impact data privacy? Cillian Kieran, CEO of Ethyca, the data privacy company which last month received $13.5m Series A funding, said in this interview on France 24: It’s been a huge transition and companies are “using a lot of new tools that accumulate personal information. Systems must be protected appropriately, and data must be retrievable and erasable and auditable.”
BigID has launched an app marketplace of apps by BigID and 3rd parties that expand privacy and security capabilities, including for governance, dark web breach monitoring and risk and retention management.
Social media management platform Hootsuite has purchased Heyday, a system that embeds human and AI-based chat in ecommerce, CRM, and other customer-facing systems. Price was $48 million. Heyday launched in July 2020 and had raised $6.7 million Don’t confuse them with Heyday.co the marketplace acceleration platform, which has raised $245 million.