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 Governor of Kentucky signed a new bill (HB473) on March 5, 2025. The bill makes several amendments to the state’s privacy law (Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act), which is scheduled to …
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Another month, another batch of privacy news. This month, we interviewed Professor Daniel Solove on Privacy Lawls about how new technologies are causing invasions of privacy, as well as his upcoming book, …
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We all make mistakes. For example, I once dated a guy who had snakes as pets. But hey, I was younger then so hopefully all is forgiven. Unfortunately, there’s one massive mistake …
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If you visit any website, there’s a good chance that you see a Privacy Policy link sitting in the footer of that website. That’s because most websites collect Personally Identifiable Information (PII) …
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We are happy to present you with the Termageddon Law Firm Partners newsletter for February, 2025. We hope that you enjoyed your Data Privacy Day last week! This month, we interviewed attorney …
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently updated its rules for negative option offers. Negative option offers are offers that allow sellers to assume that if a customer is silent or inactive, …
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‘Tis the season for giving, family, and data/privacy violations by corporations, apparently. In addition to all the privacy drama, we also interviewed young privacy professional Landon McKinney on Privacy Lawls, where we …
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday (BFCM) is quite the big deal every year, with thousands of retailers offering special pricing and consumers spending billions of dollars to snatch up those savings. In …
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It was a big month for privacy news as well as Privacy Lawls. This month, we interviewed privacy attorney Paul Singer on Privacy Lawls. Check out our discussion where we talk about …
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Let’s address the spooky elephant in the room. Saying a website is full of “Dark Patterns” sounds like we’re talking about paranormal activity. Good news. Your website probably isn’t haunted by ancient …
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