Donata is the Co-founder and President of Termageddon, an auto-updating generator of website and application policies. She is a licensed attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional. She also serves as the Chair of the American Bar Association's ePrivacy Committee and the Chair of the Chicago Chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In her free time, Donata enjoys beekeeping, hunting for morel mushrooms, and walks with her husband and two dogs.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a privacy law that went into effect on May 25, 2018, with the goal of protecting the personal data of residents of the European Union. …
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Note: Since the writing of this blog, there have been changes to proposed subclause APP 1.7 and proposed subclause APP 1.8. We are adding these changes to the top of this blog …
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The California state legislature is serious about privacy, with not one but two privacy laws that regulate websites – the California Online Privacy Protect Act (CalOPPA) and the California Consumer Privacy Act …
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Privacy laws across the world govern the collection, use and disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information, or PII for short. In general terms, PII is any information that could be used to identify …
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Imagine that you have old pipes in your house that need replacing because there’s water leaking everywhere. You call a plumber who says that he’ll come to your house and install new …
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*NOTE: Since the writing of this blog, CPRA has replaced the CCPA. Some people subscribe to the idea that the only constant in life is change. If you have looked at your …
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We spent November 1st through the 4th attending WordCamp US. For those of you not familiar with this event, WordCamp US is one of the largest gatherings of WordPress professionals and supporters …
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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides that data processing is generally not allowed. The only ways that data processing can lawfully take place are the circumstances enumerated in Article 6(1), commonly …
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Our President and Co-Founder, Donata Stroink-Skillrud, was recently invited to speak at Wordcamp Jackson, MI about privacy. For those of you who are unaware, Wordcamp is an event for web professionals, including …
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If you’ve ever been catfished (aka your date is completely different from what they represented to you on Tinder or social media), then you know the importance of being honest and laying …
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