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IT’S THE LAW (08/17/2021)

August 17, 2021
New York City adds broad biometric privacy controls for retail, restaurants, entertainment venues, similar to Illinois’s BIPA biometric law, to New York City’s Admin. Code §§ 22-1201. Businesses are required to post clear and visible signage near all customer entrances and provide detail on their practices with regard to biometric data collection and use of the information. This includes, but is not limited to facial, retinal, iris and fingerprint scans, and hand scans.
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Google bans location data collector SafeGraph; also launches the Privacy Sandbox Timeline

August 17, 2021
SafeGraph, which was partially funded by the former head of Saudi intelligence, has been banned by Google for selling location data of Android users. Apps working with SafeGraph now have to remove the location gathering code. Google also followed its own news about plans to phase out third-party cookies in Chrome by launching The Privacy Sandbox Timeline, a website that will provide updates on monthly changes.
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What are diet program profiles really about? New study finds it’s not what you’re led to believe

August 17, 2021
Subscription weight-loss programs like popular Noom, often begin by having new members fill out extensive questionnaires about eating habits, body type, physical and mental health, and weight, implying they will customize their approach depending on your answers. Yet, a new study by Privacy International comparing Noom, BetterMe, and VShred, found that participants were provided largely the same thread of questions and same recommendations regardless of information provided. And it found the apps collecting what can be considered sensitive health data, while at the same time reserving the right in their... Read More >
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Children’s Privacy: Google to give children, parents, guardians more under-age-18 controls

August 17, 2021
Google announced it will soon allow requests for removal of Google images for anyone under 18 as part of a way to give minors more control of their digital footprint. Other planned changes include: 1) a change to YouTube’s default for ages 13-17 to the most private option; 2) Google Location History will remain off without an option to turn it on for users under age 18; and 3) ad targeting will be blocked based on age, gender or interests of users under age 18.
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Self-Service Data Tools Used Less Often Than Leaders Think: Immuta Survey

August 16, 2021
Data professionals polled by Immuta were even more concerned about privacy and security rules: 84% said they expected these would limit access to data in the next 24 months.  This makes a bad situation worse, since 55% say data is often stale today before it reaches end users.   A bit of caution if you expect self-service tools to ease the problem: 71% of data professionals and 78% of business leaders think data consumers are using freemium cloud tools but just 63% of the consumers say they are.
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Data Investment Falls Short: Dremio Survey

August 16, 2021
Managers do recognize the problem: 55% of data and analytics pros in this Dremio survey said their company has increased its data investments in the past two years, but just 22% of that group said they had achieved a full return on their investment. Meanwhile, this Harvard Business Review Analytic Service report for Profisee found that 60% of executives believe their company underinvests in data.  They see processes including data governance, master data management, and data auditing, as the most important solutions, not data warehouse or cloud technologies.
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