by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
Tech companies that use facial recognition and other biometrics were handed a loss by the Illinois Supreme Court which dismissed a case that would have rolled back a state law limiting the collection of such personal data. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce deplored the...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security, Deals
As businesses begin to rely more and more on various cloud services, there is now a need for a data privacy and security solution that can bridge the gap between competing cloud services that don’t always play nice with each other. Sonrai Security is attempting to...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
A record fine of almost $57 million has been levied upon Google after French regulators determined that the company violated the EU’s tough data privacy laws. A report on Googles’ predicament was published by Bloomberg: In its ruling, the regulator alleged that Google...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
The Big Tech-sponsored Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) recently released a document called ‘A Grand Bargain on Data Privacy for America’ in an effort to sway federal legislators into pushing a bill that would dilute or even remove data privacy...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Data Privacy & Security
Apple CEO Tim Cook once again highlighted the need for stronger data privacy laws in an op-ed he wrote for Time Magazine this January. Cook stressed the need for comprehensive federal privacy legislation to stop companies like Google and Facebook from abusing their...
by CDO Review Staff | Jan 31, 2019 | Civic Data & Tech, Data Privacy & Security
California’s The Nonprofit Alliance is worried that its members may be unfairly targeted by the state’s tough new privacy rules which took effect early this January. The group wants an amendment to the law that specifies an exemption for nonprofits over the matter of...
