Catherine Muyl and Marion Cavalier of Foley Hoag write: It has been rough weather for Google in France. Three weeks after the French Data Protection Authority imposed a record fine against Google for non-compliance with the GDPR, the Paris District Court (“Tribunal de Grande Instance”) invalidated 38 clauses of Google’s Privacy Policy and Terms of…
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New York Times series: The Privacy Project
UPDATE: before you jump to NYT’s site, I just read how they are using a lot of trackers on that site: The New York Times fancy new ‘Privacy Project’ homepage is stuffed to the gills with third-party tracking scripts. https://t.co/vSGOsukFHG pic.twitter.com/iT8UyGPzBx — Pinboard (@Pinboard) April 11, 2019 The New York Times fancy new ‘Privacy Project’…
States Need to Ensure Donor Privacy — It’s Crucial to Freedom of Speech
Jon Pritchett, the president and CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy, writes: Private citizens should not be subjected to government harassment for supporting causes they believe in, and charities should not have to worry about their funding drying up because donors fear reprisals. Yet many policy pundits on the left, and even a…
With Regulators Increasing Focus on Spam Robocalls, Arkansas Follows Others States in Passing Anti-Spoofing Privacy Law
Laura E. Goldsmith of Proskauer reports: Unwanted robocalls reportedly totaled 26.3 billion calls in 2018, sparking more and more consumer complaints to the FCC and FTC and increased legislative and regulatory activity to combat the practice. Some automated calls are beneficial, such as school closing announcements, bank fraud warnings, and medical notifications, and some caller…