Regulations matter, but until they’re enforced, they’re all just so many words (so, so many words) on paper. Businesses know that what really counts is whether, how, where, and when regulators enforce the law…
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/ Administrative Law, Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Data subject access requests (DSARs), or subject rights requests (SRRs), are evolving.
Whether your organization is based out of the EU, the US, or elsewhere in the world, consumers’ awareness and expectations are forcing…
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/ Consumer Protection, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Healthcare is a very personal experience. In order to receive the best care, individuals must share the most intimate details about themselves. For this reason, trust between patients and healthcare providers is crucial. Data…
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/ Health, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) can feel like thankless work at times. You can’t ship risk mitigation to market. It's not usually reflected on your balance sheet. Only especially canny investors notice the absence of…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
The 1:10:100 rule—coined in 1992 by George Labovitz and Yu Sang Chang, the rule describes how much bad data costs. Preventing the creation of bad data at its source costs $1. Remediating bad data costs $10. Doing nothing costs…
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/ Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
As we navigate the complex landscape of technology and its impact on society, considering how our digital interactions shape our identities and communities is crucial. The shift towards virtual third spaces—like social media and…
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/ Elections & Politics, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In 2023, an Australian mayor was getting ready to take legal action against OpenAI. The reason? The company’s chatbot, ChatGPT, shared a fake story about him being involved in a bribery scandal…
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/ Civil Rights, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
AI and shifting regulations are dominating headlines, but a bigger transformation is happening in compliance—and businesses that fail to adapt will be left behind. Osano co-founder and Privacy Insider host Arlo Gilbert sits down…
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/ Privacy
Whether you are swamped by a deluge of subject rights requests or just want more time to spend on strategic work, managing SRRs effectively is a highly sought-after goal — one that's seldom achieved.
Between parsing ambiguous…
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/ Consumer Protection, Law Practice Products & Services, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
When we write about data privacy, it’s easy to default to talking to “privacy professionals.”
But take a look at the privacy management industry: The privacy program managers, chief privacy officers, and other purely…
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/ Business Organizations, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Privacy pros are passionate about doing good work, in every sense of the word. Yes, we care about managing privacy as thoroughly and efficiently as possible (and not getting fined). But we are all in this line of work for a…
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/ Privacy
Subject rights requests can be confusing for everybody involved.
Some consumers are savvy privacy advocates and expect their requests to be fulfilled to the letter. Others are just learning that they have subject rights…
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/ Business Organizations, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
In March 2023, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, along with other technology experts, signed an open letter asking that training powerful AI models be stopped until stronger AI governance laws could be developed. Two months later,…
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/ Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology
Normally, we do a mid-year check-in on privacy regulatory activity. But it’s like we’ve lived through six months of events in the last 8 weeks. A new administration making some big moves; some precedent-setting enforcement…
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/ Consumer Protection, Law Practice Products & Services, Privacy, Science, Computers, & Technology, Securities Law
Responsible organizations understand that privacy governance is essential for the systematic and compliant management of personal data and for maintaining customer and stakeholder trust. In a world where people increasingly have…
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