Regulation

What Role Should and Does Government Play in the ID & AUTH Ecosystem Evolution?

What Role Should and Does Government Play in the ID & AUTH Ecosystem Evolution?

I had an amazing time organizing the MEF CONNECTS ID & AUTH: The Dawn of Personal Data & Identity hybrid event. It was such a joy working with all 38 speakers for the event. I also really enjoyed participating in the event as well.   Here is one of the five sessions I participated in […]

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FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management

FTC’s Shot Across the Bow: Purpose and Use Restrictions Could Frame The Future of Personal Data Management

I just read a wonderful piece from Joseph Duball,1 who reported on the U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter’s keynote at the IAPP’s “Privacy. Security. Risk 2021” event. According to Duball, Slaughter suggests that we need to change “the way people view, prioritize, and conceptualize their data.” “Too many services are about leveraging consumer […]

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ICO’s Child Protection Rules Take Effect Sept. 2, 2021. Are You Ready?

ICO’s Child Protection Rules Take Effect Sept. 2, 2021. Are You Ready?

The UK Information Commission’s (ICO) Children’s Code, officially known as the“Age Appropriate Design Code: a code of practice for online services,” after a year grace period, goes into effect Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. The code, which falls under section 125(1)(b) of the UK Data Protection Act 2018 (the Act), looks to protect UK children, i.e., people […]

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CNBC Interview with Roger McNamee: Consumers are getting a terrible deal in exchange for their personal data

CNBC Interview with Roger McNamee: Consumers are getting a terrible deal in exchange for their personal data

CNBC, on June 3, 2019, interviewed Roger McNamee, co-founder of Elevation Partners and early Facebook investor, on the topic of antitrust and personal information (CNBC, Adami & McNamee, 2019). According to McNamee antitrust views are changing. He notes that historically antitrust regulation was thought not to apply to Internet companies since the services they offered to […]

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A Year of GDPR: Looking Back & To The Future

A Year of GDPR: Looking Back & To The Future

This article was published by American Marketer (free) and Luxury Daily (paywall) on May 29, 2019. A year ago Saturday, May 25, marks the one-year anniversary of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), a tsunami that washed on to the world’s shores.  Even though the GDPR waters have yet to settle, it is abundantly clear […]

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Looking back on a year of GDPR – Summary

Looking back on a year of GDPR – Summary

The following GDPR insights from Michael Becker, along with those from eleven other industry leaders, were reproduced by the Mobile Ecosystem Forum (2019) in “Industry views: GDPR one year on” on May 23, 2019. It has been a year since the GDPR tsunami washed on to the world’s shores. And, even though the GDPR waters […]

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