CDP Institute

A recent Qonsent poll of 1,000 US consumers and more than 100 marketers found that 94% of consumers want control of data they share with companies, and 66% ranked this as very important. The privacy and consent platform company also found that 78% of marketers believe impending privacy laws will lead to less engagement.

Routine malware checks conducted by Avast Security uncovered malware being propagated on Discord, the popular teen community chat app. The research team was surprised to learn that the activity was coming from teens, and identified the activity as part of a relatively recent trend called “malware-as-a-service,” in which people are given plug-and-play capabilities to be able to hack without the need for technical skills. In this case, it was being done by minors between the ages of 11-16.

A number of major companies announced plans to pull out of the market altogether if India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is given power to require turnover of private data preemptively for “preventive” security reasons.

Germany’s regulator has already issued a warning letter to the company and BEUC, which consists of 46 organizations across 32 countries, is in contact with other regulators.

It is intended to ensure companies meet requirements of the EU Commission’s new Code of Practice on Disinformation.