In a privacy-focused upgrade to its cloud computing area, Microsoft will keep all personal data, including pseudonymized data from automated system logs, from its systems Azure, Microsoft 365, Power Platform, and Dynamics 365 within the European Union. This will keep personal customer data protected under the GDPR law rather than having data transferred to the legislation-challenged US where there’s still no sign of national privacy laws.
Know you’ve heard it before (here and in tons of places), but now that it’s 2024, we’re officially in the Year of the Sandbox. Whether you’re a Google Advertising and sandbox backer, or a Sandbox solution naysayer, Google reminds you it’s ‘imperative’ you work together with them now that we must all embrace our 3rd-party-cookieless future.
New Jersey makes it 13. With passage of its consumer privacy bill, New Jersey will soon join other US states with privacy bills, pending the governor’s signature. The new bill has a number of unique provisions, including its scope, approach to biometric data, and the approach taken to include special restrictions on processing children’s data.
Data tool vendor Informatica was selling CDP components before it was cool. Not surprisingly, they’ve been adding generative AI to their products. The results is CLAIRE GPT, which will deploy gen AI for data discovery, security, privacy, process creation, application development, empowering business users, and more.