Revocable consent is the right for a user to revoke access to a piece of personal information at any time. We run into it time and time again where websites and companies aren’t actually allowing us to rescind our data when we feel like it. There is always some sort of “30 day” clause or fine print that we happen to miss when we accept the terms and conditions.
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There seems to be so many unknowns today as we browse the internet. A large majority of consumers open their device, navigate to a site, complete a transaction and resume their day as usual without giving any thought to the processes behind their browsing session. Then individuals open Facebook a few hours later to see an advertisement for the winter boots they just purchased in their Google Chrome web browser. How is that possible? Let’s talk about it.
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Every holiday season, people get lost in the hustle and bustle of shopping and events and forget about their own privacy. Let’s explore a few ways to protect your information while shopping on Amazon this holiday season.
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The National Law Review recently reported that Florida and California are enacting laws protecting people’s genetic information. Both states are taking different approaches to this new type of privacy protection, but their intent is similar. The National Law Review outlines the specifics of these laws in the table below.
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addresses, 2 phone numbers, spouses name, parents names and in-laws names to populate on the Whitepages profile for me. I immediately felt violated and wanted to revoke Whitepage’s consent to my information.
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Last week the Amazon-owned streaming platform, Twitch, was the victim of a massive data breach. During this breach, an anonymous user posted a 128GB file to a message board which undoubtedly contained sensitive information.
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Ireland’s Data Protection Commission, TikTok’s lead data privacy regulator in the European Union, opened two investigations into TikTok regarding the processing of children’s personal data and transfers of personal data to China.
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We’ve seen it time and time again in the headlines. Our personal information is being used as a commodity making megacorporations and hackers millions. Such an idea is defeating and discouraging, so what can we do about it?
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 13, 2021 Contact: Robert Thelen, CEO Rownd 208-473-0100 [email protected] Rownd graduates from Betaworks “Fix the internet”
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The Fall of Kabul When Kabul fell to the Taliban on 15 August, it sent a shiver down my spine.
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