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Data broker sued for allegedly selling individuals’ sensitive location data

September 1, 2022 admin data broker, FTC, kochava, news, privacy, sensitive locations

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The FTC has filed a complaint against data broker Kochava for selling sensitive location data.

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What should a US federal data privacy law ideally include?

July 10, 2019 admin AB 846, AB 873, Brave, Brave browser, California Consumer Privacy Act, data broker, Data Privacy, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, digital bill of rights, Disconnect, DuckDuckGo, European Union, federal data privacy law, federal data privacy legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Ghostery, internet service provider, Lavabit, Maine, preempt, preemption, privacy, protonmail, Purism, right to access, social purpose company, US data privacy laws, US data privacy legislation, US Senate Judiciary Committee, Vermont, Vivaldi

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 15:00:00 +0000

What do small, privacy-protective companies think about a federal data privacy law for the US? It turns out, they’re all for it. Here are some of their ideas for US data privacy legislation.

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US Congress proposes comprehensive federal data privacy legislation—finally

March 28, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California Consumer Privacy Act, CDT, Center for Democracy and Technology, comprehensive data privacy law, comprehensive data privacy legislation, Consumer Data Protection Act, data broker, Data Care Act, Data Dissemination Act, Data Privacy, data privacy law, data privacy laws, data privacy legislation, federal legislation, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Klobuchar, Marco Rubio, privacy, Ron Wyden, Rubio, Schatz, Senator, statewide legislation, Wyden

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2019 15:00:00 +0000

The United States might be the only country of its size to lack a comprehensive data privacy law protecting its citizens’ online lives. That could change this year.

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Privacy

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