No matter where your company operates, you'll be under some legal obligation to treat personal information with respect. But the extent of this obligation varies. Stricter privacy laws have stronger rules about how companies store and provide access to personal information. They have bigger fines i...
The Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA) is South Africa's data protection law, designed to regulate how public and private entities process personal information.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) applies to businesses that collect data about residents of the US state of California. The CCPA defines personal information in this way: "'Personal information' means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associa...
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) expands the definition of personal information as it currently exists in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CPRA adds “sensitive personal information” as a defined term, which means: (l) personal information that reveals: (A) a consumer’...
When privacy geeks talk “privacy,” it is not uncommon for them to use certain terms interchangeably –personal data, personal information, personally...
Know“what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold” by the organizations with whom they interact. Delete “personal information held by businesses,” including any of the business’s own service providers. Opt-out of the sale of their information. This element of the CCPA gives...
In Australia, the Privacy Act 1988 defines “personal information” as information or an opinion, whether true or not, about an individual whose identity is apparent, or can reasonably be ascertained—a much broader definition than in most other countries. ...
The California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, is a law that was passed in 2018 and gave California residents (consumers) more privacy rights and control over the data businesses collect about them. Under the CCPA, consumers have the right to know which personal information is collected by busin...
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) is a privacy law that was passed on June 28, 2018 and took effect on January 1, 2020. It was updated, amended and expanded by the CPRA, which became effective on January...
Learn what Personally Identifiable Information (PII) is, what qualifies as PII, and how hackers can abuse it.