Legal and compliance teams in healthcare are advising pullbacks from mass data collection and data use pending a clearer understanding the impacts of new regulation and recent actions by government agencies, particularly the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). This follows the FTC imposing fines of $1.5 million on online pharma company GoodRX and $1.8 million on online therapy provider BetterHelp.
More than 60 million sites use Google’s fonts, which are free. Now, an investigation has found data from site users is being harvested and sold. Data collected via fonts includes IP addresses and browsing history, which Google then cross-references with other data it holds and sells to advertisers and marketers.
Vietnam’s Personal Data Protection Degree (PDPD) will come into effect July 1. The government has published the outline of obligations for compliance by foreign agencies, organizations and individuals, as well as for Vietnamese organizations operating abroad. The PDPD includes stipulations on data subject rights, including the right to be informed, consent, data access, and data portability.
Procrastinators of the world can throw a party whenever they get around to it: Google has once more pushed back complete third-party cookie deprecation. The new target is “early next year.” Reasons for the delay include concerns expressed by U.K. data regulator Information Commissioner’s Office, an ongoing inquiry by the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority, and widespread discontent in the advertising ecosystem.