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[co-author: Taylor Daly] On Tuesday, April 20, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) authority to protect consumers. The hearing featured discussion from lawmakers on the federal data privacy landscape, with Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) reiterating the need for a strong federal privacy standard. With respect to key components of a federal privacy law, Acting FTC Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter outlined the nee...

The ad industry is grappling with Apple, Google, and others' decisions to kill targeted ads.

Indonesian consumer research startup Populix gets $1.2M in pre-Series A funding Read full article April 28, 2021, 8:00 PM·4 min read Indonesia is one of the fastest-growing consumer markets in the world, but consumer data is still hard to find for many businesses, especially smaller ones. Populix wants to make research easier for companies, through a respondent app that now has 250,000 users in 300 Indonesian cities. The startup announced today it has raised $1.2 million in an oversubscribed p...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On Tuesday, April 20, the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a hearing on the Federal Trade Commissions (FTC) authority to protect consumers. The hearing featured discussion from lawmakers on the federal data privacy landscape, with Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS) reiterating the need for a strong federal privacy standard. With respect to key components of a feder...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Governor of Virginia signed the states Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) into law, marking it the second state in the U.S. to codify a major privacy and data protection law, after California. The VCDPA follows some of the arrangements of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as amended by the Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), but still departs from them in important parts. Effec...

A number of states have proposed new privacy legislation this year. One state, Virginia, has passed a statute that now makes it the second in the U.S. to enact comprehensive privacy legislation.

Legislation to ensure consumers have greater control and privacy over their personal data was signed into law by Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam.

Mortgage Business Financial Services Minister takes over CDR rule making By Annie Kane 04 March 2021 Senator Jane Hume, Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, has taken over from the ACCC as Consumer Data Right rule maker. The Consumer Data Right (CDR), the regime which gives...

A new report by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) says India’s consumption market is back on the growth track after a year, having been disrupted by the pandemic. While growth projection for the consumption market was made before Covid-19 struck, BCG says that the economy has completely unlocked and there has been an uptick in demand across categories. It says India’s consumption market will triple by 2030, though there could be a lag of 1-2 years induced by the pandemic. The consumption spur...

Facebook has started blocking sensitive health information that third-party apps had been sharing with the social network in violation of its own rules, said New York officials who investigated the situation.