Welcome to the Privacy Wars! This is a new way to compare and contrast your favorite companies. Everyone compares product quality or customer service, but do they ever compare the complexity of requesting your OWN PERSONAL DATA?
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Category: Data Privacy
Introducing Privacy Hunt!
While I was looking for a data request form from a favorite fast food restaurant, I discovered how complex it
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Get ready for CCPA v2!
California’s citizens voted for an even more powerful and comprehensive set of data privacy laws and regulations Get ready! The
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Why I started Rownd
My name is Robert Thelen, and I am the CEO and co-founder of Rownd. A little about me: I am
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3 things you need to know about online data privacy
Big Changes are coming: (1) data privacy is not a new concern and it will not pass with time, (2) governments are responding with laws, (3) users are responding with their voices and wallets
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Cyber Security is a Team Sport
Cyber Security is a team sport. And it doesn’t have to be a dull compliance ridden affair with death by
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Your customers don’t trust you…and we have the proof
We at Rownd recently commissioned a survey to dig into some of the open questions left by the McKinsey paper. Most importantly, we wanted to learn more about trust and personal data.
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McKinsey & Co: The consumer-data opportunity
McKinsey and Co, the famous consulting company, recently released a research paper focused on the consumer data opportunity.
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Beware the “age of disorder”
According to Deutsche Bank, a new modern age is upon us. So say goodbye to the “era of globalization” and
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A template for the US: German Employee Privacy and COVID-19
Germany is far ahead of the U.S. in terms of data privacy and security, particularly in the workplace. While the COVID-19 pandemic offers new challenges around the use, protection and deletion of personal health data….
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