Venture funding has remained fairly steady despite the pandemic, according to this report from KPMG Private Enterprise. I couldn’t quite reconcile the graphs, which seem to show a modest downturn, with the words, which say activity is well ahead of 2019. It’s more clear that capital is more available for late-stage companies than new ones.
Back to School Privacy Guide Privacy Guidance as Schools Reopen The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF), which informs educators on student privacy, has a new guide to help navigate U.S. privacy laws, FERPA, IDEA, and HIPAA, pertaining to disabilities.
Circling back to privacy, KPMG found that 68% of U.S. consumers don’t trust companies to sell personal data in an ethical way. Ponemon Institute found 74% of consumers feel they have no control over personal data collected about them, 66% feel they’ve received ads targeted on search behavior or private information, and 64% think it’s creepy when that happens. Both reports found a majority of consumers want more government regulation of how their data is used.
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.