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GDPR vs CCPA

GDPR’s First 150 Days Impact on the U.S. Both CCPA and GDPR share very similar frameworks. CCPA gives California residents certain rights on how their personal data can be stored, accessed, sold and deleted. Each is on par with GDPR rules.   However, there are a few differences, the most significant being that GDPR requires users to opt-in for personal data collection, while the CCPA offers CA residents an opt-out mechanism for having their data collected. In other words, the…

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Daniel Goldsmith’s reply to Sebastian Greger by Daniel Goldsmith I find it incredible that the Telemedia Act, as enacted, claimed to be an implementation of Directive 2000/31/EC - the e-commerce directive - and yet appears to primarily be in use as a method of rent-seeking by unscrupulous individuals. The scope of the Directive (and thus the intended scope of implementing laws) is on the sale and supply of goods and services in the online sphere. Secondly, and having said the…

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GDPR : Devil in the Details

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GDPR: A Compliance Quagmire, for Now by Tara Seals There’s also a grey area around accountability and proof of data-handling compliance. “The GDPR requires that you can show evidence that you’ve received a request and taken action in an appropriate timeframe,” Klassen explained. And that, he explained, carries its own set of new privacy considerations, many of which will be challenging for U.S. companies looking to comply with the regulation. “It gets tricky,” he said. “When an individual makes a…

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An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 4 “Webmentions and Privacy”

An Indieweb Podcast: Episode 4 – Webmentions and Privacy by David Shanske from David Shanske This week, Chris Aldrich and I got together a bit late…so I was a bit more quiet than normal. With the GDPR regulations coming into effect in Europe May 25th, privacy seems to be on everyone’s mind. This week, we tackle what webmentions are, using them for backfeed, and the privacy implications.... I listened to (and enjoyed) the podcast last weekend but never got around…

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