Google will not use alternate identity solutions to track users online after third-party cookies are phased out in 2022. Instead, Google plans to rely on Privacy Sandbox, which preserves privacy for consumers while still enabling publishers and advertisers to target their ads. (See A More Privacy First Web.) NT Analyzer catalogs all collected and disclosed data, identifying relevant risk in…
It looks like a date has been set for iOS 14’s required opt-in for “tracking” through Apple’s AppTrackingTransparency Framework, which includes opt-in for the IDFA … kind of? According to Apple, “[t]his requirement will roll out broadly in early spring…” (see Data Privacy Day at Apple). The NT Analyzer Take Although Apple has trumpeted this as a victory for end-user…
Starting December 8, 2020, Apple will require developers to provide extensive, granular information about their app’s privacy practices, such as the type of data collected from users, third party data usage, and specific purpose of collection. Presumably, the failure to disclose this detailed information to Apple will get new apps and updates to existing apps blocked from the app store….
Eureka! After burning the midnight oil, we’ve built an automated scanner to identify and sort the Schrems II risk of data flows for further legal handling. The scanner uses more than 20 different data points derived from network metadata to scan and classify data flows based on mass surveillance risk under the NSA’s so-called “Upstream” and “Downstream” data collection programs….
The Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU) recently issued an opinion (Schrems II) that invalidated the US-EU Privacy Shield. This presents the obvious technical question, “which of my data transfers are to the US?” For global companies operating in Europe and for EU-based companies, the answer is probably surprising. It is almost impossible to operate a global business…
Big news recently surfaced in the data privacy world regarding the upcoming new iOS version, iOS 14, relating to the IDFA (“Identifier for Advertisers”). Users will soon need to grant an app permission in order for it to transmit the IDFA for their devices, meaning the IDFA will no longer be shared with third parties and advertisers without user opt-in….
Cookies Are One Piece of a Larger Puzzle There has been an odd preoccupation with cookies for some time now—to the exclusion of other forms of browser tracking, some of which are much more flexible and more robust in their data collection capabilities than cookies. Despite this fact, these other, non-cookie tracking technologies are often not referenced in privacy policies…