The Facebook-owned company stated that in response to government and privacy advocates, it would not restrict functionality for users who decline to share their data. WhatsApp still maintains, however, that the new policy doesn’t compromise the privacy of user messages.
New York City’s new Tenant Data Privacy Act (TDPA) is one of the first statutes in the U.S. to regulate collection and retention of data from multifamily buildings with IoT systems. It applies to systems with electronic or computerized technology, including radio frequency ID cards, key fobs, mobile phone access apps, and biometric systems used to grant entry. TDPA requires express consent from tenants for data collection, and prohibits use of data other than what it was collected for, or having information used to harass or evict a tenant. It goes... Read More >
Hi, it’s Jamie, Senior Intern at the CDP Institute’s Department of the Obvious. There’s been a dreadful shortage of obvious news recently, so I’ll share some non-obvious information, which I call Jamie’s Believe It Or Not. First: more companies plan to buy connected TV ads in 2021 (97%) than conventional “linear” ads (84%), according to this Innovid report. You might also be surprised at how many channels marketers use: social media, display ads, mobile video, desktop video, and linear TV are all used by more than half the survey respondents.
The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that could potentially ban TikTok in the U.S. if its Chinese owner, ByteDance, does not sell its holdings within a year. The bill now goes to the President Biden, who has said he will sign it. Court challenges are likely to follow.