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Donata Stroink-Skillrud

Donata is the Co-founder and President of Termageddon and a licensed attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association's ePrivacy Committee and the Chair of the Chicago Chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

Personalized advertising – the latest GDPR fine against Meta

Ever since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) has been in the crosshairs of privacy law enforcement actions, with groundbreaking fines being issued. The latest fine of €390 million …

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The 6 new privacy laws coming in 2023: What you need to know

Exercise more. Get organized. Learn a new skill. Comply with six new privacy laws. That’s right. In case you didn’t have enough New Year’s Resolutions to choose from already, lawmakers have added …

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Connecticut SB6 Compliance Guide

On May 11, 2022, Connecticut joined the ranks of California, Utah, Colorado, Virginia, Nevada, and Delaware by passing its own privacy law, Connecticut SB6. This new law went into effect on July 1, 2023 …

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Utah Consumer Privacy Act Compliance Guide

Utah Consumer Privacy Act Compliance Guide

On March 25, 2022 Utah became the sixth state to enact a comprehensive privacy law, the Utah Consumer Privacy Act. This law provides new consumer privacy rights to residents of Utah and …

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Usage of Google Fonts violates GDPR

Usage of Google Fonts violates GDPR

A court in Munich, Germany has recently found that websites that have embedded Google Fonts violate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Since over 50 million websites use Google Fonts, this decision …

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Austrian Data Protection Authority Rules that Google Analytics is not GDPR compliant

Austrian DPA rules that Google Analytics is not GDPR compliant

A recent decision made by the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) ruled that websites that use Google Analytics are not compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This seminal decision impacts …

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Privacy rights request email

Termageddon customers,  Update on December 23, 2021: The email noted above seems to have come from the Princeton-Radbound Study on Privacy Law Implementation. The Principal Investigator of the study admitted to sending …

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