Category: Privacy

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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…

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…
China's New Privacy Law

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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CPA Privacy Best Practices

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Whether you work alone or for a big firm, as a certified public accountant, you know privacy is important. But with new privacy laws being passed every year, it’s about to be more important than ever. While laws protecting consumers’…

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for… Data Privacy!

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In a Latrobe, PA drugstore in 1904, apprentice pharmacist David “Doc” Strickler was challenged by a customer at the soda counter to make something “different.” Ice cream sundaes had been part of American cuisine for over a decade, but…

The Cookieless Future of Digital Marketing

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Cookies created modern digital marketing. Are they going to kill it? Cookies: A Primer Cookies are small, randomly encoded text files containing small amounts of data that can be used to identify your computer to different networks as you…
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Data Mapping Best Practices

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When you go on a road trip, you need to know where you’re going and how you’re going to get there. When you are building a data privacy and security program, you need to know the same things. How to Plan Your Data Mapping Road Trip Anyone…