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Privacy law and, by extension, privacy policies are one of the most dynamic areas of the law, with new regulations at the state, federal, and international levels being passed at a rapid pace. As of 2024, the ever-evolving privacy law “state of play” and compliance landscape make the advantages of utilizing a privacy policy lawyer all the more evident. From privacy laws that are international in scope, such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), to those on the state level, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), legal risks are proliferating. Moreover, as we look to the future, the rate of new privacy legislation is expected only to increase. With a privacy policy legally mandated for most businesses, the entanglement of the many privacy laws combined with the specificity of application to each business scenario results in complex and confusing situations for the average business owner trying to ensure compliance. Further, in specific scenarios, sector or application-specific privacy laws come into play, such as for the personal information of children and COPPA or health privacy laws, among others.
The Value Of Working With A Privacy Policy Lawyer To Gain Clarity In An Area Of Increasing Complexity
As a lawyer focused on privacy and cybersecurity, we offer clients clarity and peace of mind by providing privacy policies and related agreements, such as terms and conditions for websites and apps drafted by an attorney specific to each business. In contrast to free privacy policies generated online, privacy policies from a lawyer help wade through the complexity of privacy policies and eliminate the inclusion of overbroad or inapplicable terms provided by a generic or automated tool.
Due to the fast-moving nature of privacy laws and, by extension, privacy policies and related online legal terms, there are an increasing number of instances where poor privacy policy drafting has resulted in reputational if not legal harm, including from the new proliferation of privacy violation scanners, including the following examples:
- After a subtle change to its privacy policy, Sonos drew considerable attention and scrutiny, but the connected speaker company clarified and insisted that “it’s still carefully protecting the personal data of its customers.”
- TikTok was fined £12.7m for illegally processing the data of 1.4 million children under 13 who were using its platform without parental consent.
- Customer turmoil over a seemingly routine change in Adobe Systems Inc.’s terms of use agreement spurred a rare internal reckoning over how the company communicates complex legal issues to users and accounts for anxiety around generative AI.
- Ry Crist at CNET pored through 30,000 words of privacy policies from several router manufacturers to find out how much data Wi-Fi routers collect. There were numerous takeaways, but perhaps most notably, it stressed the importance of ensuring clarity in privacy policies, particularly where privacy practices are specific to a product beyond a company’s website or app.
As privacy lawyers who are tech-savvy, we also get to know your business and provide unique added value. For example, suppose there are issues from a regulator or a consumer exercising their privacy rights, such as the right of access or deletion, or pursuing other legal action. In that case, you have a trusted attorney who already knows the nuances of your business when helping you most effectively navigate the legal challenge. We offer custom privacy policies, including via our PrivacyExpress™ offering, as well as auditing of existing policies for affordable flat fees so that our clients can comply with privacy laws confidently while not incurring a cost-prohibitive expense.
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UK ICO Releases Privacy Notice Generator For SMEs
To ease compliance and notification burdens for U.K.-based small- and medium-sized enterprises, the Information Commissioner’s Office officially launched its Privacy Notice Generator. The tool offers SMEs an easy step-by-step process that will create tailored privacy notices that are geared toward the business’s specific role in the U.K. economy.
How to Quickly Get to the Important Truth Inside Any Privacy Policy
Privacy policies can be long, impenetrable, and full of legalese that amounts to a take it or leave it offer. But the privacy policy is one of the only places where you can find the truth about what personal data is being collecting or otherwise processed.
Don’t Date Robots — Their Privacy Policies Are Terrible
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Five Big Questions For The U.S. State Privacy Law Landscape in 2024
Exploring five big questions about the state privacy landscape that will shape how 2024 legislative developments will impact the protection of personal information in the United States.
How Threads’ Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter’s (and Its Rivals’)
Here’s what personal data is collected by Meta’s Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.
TikTok Fined £12.7m For Illegally Processing Children’s Data
TikTok has been fined £12.7m for illegally processing the data of 1.4 million children under 13 who were using its platform without parental consent, Britain’s data watchdog said.
Here’s What You’re Actually Agreeing To When You Accept a Privacy Policy
Almost every new app or product that is connected to the internet forces you to accept a long, indecipherable privacy policy in order to use it. These documents outline the company’s data-collection practices. But what exactly are you agreeing to when you accept?
White House OSTP publishes report on privacy-preserving data sharing, analytics strategy
The U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy released a report on a “National Strategy to Advance Privacy-Preserving Data Sharing and Analytics.”
Facebook’s WhatsApp Fined For Breaking The E.U.’s Data Privacy Law
Regulators in Ireland, where many tech giants have their European headquarters, have been criticized for not enforcing Europe’s data-protection law, once heralded as a global standard.
The State of Consumer Data Privacy Laws in the US (And Why It Matters)
The United States doesn’t have a singular law that covers the privacy of all types of data. Instead, it has a mix of laws that go by acronyms like HIPAA, FCRA, FERPA, GLBA, ECPA, COPPA, and VPPA.
