What Is Included in a Privacy Risk Assessment?

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Every action and adventure movie in the history of movies has a scene that looks like this: IN SECRET LAIR -- NIGHT Hilariously funny computer-nerd sidekick with crushing social anxiety is talking with an uber-suave, secret super-agent…
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Best in Show: How to Build an Exemplary Preferences Center

Thanks to cable TV and Christopher Guest’s hilarious Best In Show mockumentary, even cat people are familiar with the snobby, persnickety world of dog competitions.  The Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is the second-longest-running sporting…
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Data Privacy as a Service

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There is a lot of *aaS-es in the world of cloud-based computing. No, no.  That’s not what we meant. We’re talking about X-as-a-service options. First, there was SaaS, or Software as a Service. Originating in the 1960s as terminal…
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What Is Opt-In and Opt-Out and How to Do It Right

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Until the mid-2010s, there were almost no comprehensive laws protecting digital privacy for anyone except children, and even those laws were few and far between. This lack of government oversight gave industries almost no motivation to create…
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May the Force Be With You: How Fintech Companies Can Leverage the Power of Data Privacy

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, all banking had to be done in person. Mobile deposits didn’t exist, stocks couldn’t be bought and sold on a cell phone, account statements were snail-mailed, not emailed, and friends had to pay…

Keeping Cybersecurity Awareness Month in Your Heart (and Your Programming) Year Round

Ahhh, October. Changing leaves, dropping temperatures, pumpkin spice everything. What’s not to love? One of the best things about the only month to start with an O? Our favorite holiday, one that unites people around the country, is in…

Doing the Right Thing as Marketers to Build Trust

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Hint: privacy is the right thing.  Do the right thing as marketers to build trust. —Jon Dick, VP Marketing, Hubspot For marketers, privacy can be a four-letter word. After all, your entire job is to get your message in front of as…
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Checkout This Privacy Checklist for Ecommerce

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Ecommerce is big business. Really big business. Across the entire world. In 2020, retail sales in the US declined 10.5% while ecommerce sales grew 18%.  Another statistic?  Over 2.14 billion people are expected to spend $4.2 trillion…
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Uncovering China’s New Privacy Law

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On Aug. 20, 2021, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress enacted China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)(Translation available here). Taking effect on November 1, 2021, the PIPL will serve as China’s…
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The Colorado Privacy Act 101

The Four Corners of the Centennial State’s new privacy law Colorado is home to the highest incorporated city in the US (Leadville), the highest paved road in North America (the road to Mt. Evans), and the highest car tunnel in the world…