California Privacy Protection Agency announced draft regulations around automated decision-making technologies (ADMT). A quick summary below- When will you be covered? Businesses using ADMT in the following ways will be covered- New Consumer Protection on the Use of ADMT For the above uses of ADMT, the draft regulations would provide consumers with the following protections: […]
Does CMIA (Confidentiality of Medical Information Act) apply to you?
What is CMIA: The Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) is a California law that protects the confidentiality of individually identifiable medical information obtained by healthcare providers, health insurers, and their contractors. Who does it apply to? Medical Information under CMIA: Medical information is defined as: “any individually identifiable information, in electronic or physical form, in […]
California Data Broker Act
What will this Law do? Who’s a Data Broker? Who’s NOT a Data Broker? The Data Broker Law sets out several exceptions to the definition of “data broker.” The following are not data brokers: Companies covered by one or more of the above laws will not need to comply with the Data Broker Law, even […]
First GDPR fine on Dark Pattern
The Italian Data Protection Authority (DPA), the Garante, has sanctioned the use of dark patterns to collect personal data for the first time under the terms of the GDPR. What are dark patterns? Deceptive patterns (also known as “dark patterns”) are tricks used in websites and apps that make you do things that you didn’t […]