The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) takes effect on January 1st, 2020. With the new law now upon us, some Illinois based businesses (or other out-of-state website operators and online service providers) may need to comply with the CCPA and other existing California data privacy laws. All website operators and online service providers with visitors Read More…
Data Privacy
7 GDPR Rules Businesses Should Follow
GDPR Compliance Roadmap The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives EU natural citizens rights to control what personal data is collected and how it is stored and/or used. The GDPR covers any “natural person” located in the EU. This means non-EU citizens while they are located in the EU are protected under the GDPR. This Read More…
Are There GDPR Exemptions For U.S. Small Businesses?
GDPR Small Business Exemptions The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes effective on May 25th. The GDPR regulates all personal data that is “processed” (i.e. data that is gathered, stored or used) from any “natural person” in the EU. The existing EU-US Privacy Shield only protects the flow of personal data in transatlantic data exchanges. Read More…
Recent EU E-Privacy Directive Cookie Guidance!
The 2011 changes to the EU E-Privacy Directive require website operators to obtain visitor consent via an opt in if the site uses cookies. As a reminder, on October 14th, EU’s data protection regulators released a new guidance note clarifying website operators should obtain consent by some affirmative action. Specifically, the regulators recommended that: Specific Read More…
Is Your Favorite Store Tracking You?
Did you know that when you visit certain stores, some of your actions may now be tracked! Recently, an increasing number of retail stores are beginning to use WiFi enabled smartphones to track their customers movement within the store. The information being tracked seems innocuous. For example, data collected has included how long a customer Read More…
New California Online Privacy Laws Bring Big Changes!
California is at again! Recently, the state has enacted a wave of new online privacy laws that website, online service, application or database operators that collect personally identifiable information must follow. Of course, many websites, apps and online services are made available to a national and/or global audience, including residents of California.> There are 4 Read More…
Website Privacy Policy Requirements Operators Should Know
Website privacy policy requirements come from both the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Act and applicable state statutes. In order not to be misleading or deceptive, website and app operators need to disclose each specific collection and use of all personally identifiable information. In order to do that, operators need to know what information the website Read More…