The following documents give guidance on ensuring that the information you collect from your customers is done so in a secure and legal manner.
They also contain best practice information.
At PrivacyTrust, we understand the critical importance of data protection in today's digital age. With the ever-increasing amount of data being collected and processed by businesses, the need for skilled professionals to manage and protect that data is more...
Introduction: Data privacy is a critical issue that affects individuals and businesses alike. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, also known as the EU-US Privacy Shield, is a set of guidelines that regulate the transfer of personal data between the EU and...
In March of 2022, the European Commission and the United States reached a preliminary agreement for a Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. This agreement was based on several key principles that aim to enable data to flow freely and safely between the EU and...
In 2018, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was considered a landmark privacy law that gave Californians more control over their personal data. However, on November 3, 2020, Californians approved Proposition 24, also known as the...
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a groundbreaking privacy law that came into effect on January 1, 2020. It grants California consumers the right to know what personal information businesses collect about them, request that their personal information be...
Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation, put in place on July 1 2014, looks to remove spam agencies from Canadians inboxes. The new legislation put in place makes it a lot harder for businesses and agencies to send emails to users, without direct consent from the user to...
The EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Data Privacy Frameworks were developed by the U.S. Department of Commerce in consultation with the European Commission and Swiss Government, and with industry and other stakeholders, to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a valid legal mechanism to comply with data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union (EU) and Switzerland to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce.
The CCPA gives California consumers the right to know what personal information is being collected about them, the right to request that their personal information be deleted, and the right to request that their personal information not be sold.
The law applies to for-profit businesses that collect personal information from California consumers and meet certain thresholds for annual revenue, number of consumers, or amount of personal information collected. The CCPA also requires businesses to provide certain disclosures to California consumers about their data collection practices.
The General Data Protection Regulation is a series of laws that were approved by the EU Parliament in 2016. They came into affect on May 25th 2018.
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is an initiative by the EU to bring data protection legislation into line with new ways that data is now used.
The new regulations give users great control over their data, including the ability to export it, withdraw consent and request access to it.
It also makes data protection rules more or less identical throughout the EU, allowing for the easier transfer of data through out the European Union.
It affects any company that does business with Europe, whether they are based in the EU or not.
It serves as a leading regulatory model for other data protection authorities throughout the world.
At PrivacyTrust, we understand the critical importance of data protection in today's digital age. With the ever-increasing amount of data being collected and processed by businesses, the need for skilled professionals to manage and protect that data is more...
Introduction: Data privacy is a critical issue that affects individuals and businesses alike. The Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework, also known as the EU-US Privacy Shield, is a set of guidelines that regulate the transfer of personal data between the EU and...
In March of 2022, the European Commission and the United States reached a preliminary agreement for a Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Framework. This agreement was based on several key principles that aim to enable data to flow freely and safely between the EU and...
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