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A Closer Look at the FTC’s Latest Rules for Negative Option Offers
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, …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Websites nationwide are being sued over an old California Law. CIPA lawyer explains why.
Privacy lawsuits filed in California have been a hot topic of discussion in the privacy space. And for good reason: In the past few years, hundreds of lawsuits have been filed in …
Jason Kelly
Privacy and Data News for December 2024
‘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 …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Privacy tips for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping
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 …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Privacy & Data Protection News for November 2024
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 …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
What are dark patterns and does your website have them?
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 …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Privacy and Data Privacy News for September
What’s going on in the world of privacy to start off the month of September? Glad you asked! This month, we interviewed privacy attorney Jason Kelly on Privacy Lawls. We discussed the …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
8 new privacy laws coming in 2025: What business owners need to know
There’s no other way to say it. The year 2025 is going to be an absolute doozy for website owners when it comes to privacy. 2023 brought us six new privacy laws. …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Privacy and Data Privacy News for August 2024
Welcome to privacy news for the month of August! This month, we interviewed privacy attorney Darin Moore on Privacy Lawls. We discussed the US privacy law landscape, including why we don’t have …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud
Privacy-focused alternatives to your favorite website tools
Website tools and features are not like your kids… it’s ok to choose favorites. More importantly, as better tools come along, it’s ok to kick the old ones out and adopt the …
Hans Skillrud
The 9 features of a privacy-focused website
What does it take to have a privacy-focused website? If you ask the average web designer they’ll likely tell you it’s just a matter of not selling people’s data illegally or signing …
Hans Skillrud
Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA) Compliance Guide
On June 29, 2024, the legislature of Rhode Island passed the Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (DTPPA – RI HB 7787), enacting a comprehensive privacy law that will go …
Donata Stroink-Skillrud