For the season finale of Privacy Abbreviated, host Dona Fraser is joined by her friend Morgan Reed, President of The App Association to discuss a year in review of privacy. Dona and Morgan discuss it all, from major developments in regulatory and enforcement actions, the need for comprehensive U.S. privacy and understanding of global privacy … Continue reading Privacy Year In Review: Laws, the Impact, and the Elephant in the Room →

On this episode of Priv, Miles Light, BBB National Programs’ Senior Counsel for Youth, Privacy, & Technology steps into the role of host for this conversation, joined by Brenda Leong, a partner at Luminos.Law to discuss the responsibilities and requirements of artificial intelligence (AI), in privacy and beyond.  AI technology does not only affect the … Continue reading Making Sense of AI Governance →

Join us for this episode of Priv, where our host Dona Fraser, Senior Vice President of Privacy Initiatives at BBB National Programs, is joined by Phyllis Marcus of Hunton Andrews Kurth to discuss the broad operational, financial, and logistical impacts and challenges of trying to protect both children and teens online under the same laws … Continue reading Likely to be Accessed: Do You Know Who Your Users Are? →

Join us for this episode of Priv, where Dona Fraser is joined by Miles Light, Senior Counsel, Youth Privacy & Technology at BBB National Programs for an adtech block party. Cookies, pixels, and SDKs are all invited. Appropriate for beginners and privacy pros, this podcast breaks down the most talked about issues in the adtech … Continue reading Breaking Down AdTech: Cookies and Pixels and SDKs, Oh My! →

On April 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the establishment of the Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules (CBPR) and Global Privacy Recognition for Processors (PRP) Systems. In this episode of Priv, host Dona Fraser is joined by Victoria Akosile, Deputy Director of BBB National Programs Privacy Initiatives to take you from APEC to global CBPRs, … Continue reading Cross Border Privacy Rules Goes Global: A Deep Dive on CBPRs →

In this episode of Priv, host Dona Fraser is joined by American Telehealth Association (ATA) Senior Vice President of Public Policy, Kyle Zebley to check up on consumer health data privacy in the telehealth industry. From HIPAA to the pandemic to Dobbs to a hodge-podge of new state-level privacy laws, Dona and Kyle discuss the … Continue reading Consumer Privacy in Telehealth: An Interview with the ATA →

Jumping into holiday plans in December 2023, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) Rule, including some that would place more responsibility on providers and platforms to ensure digital privacy and safety for children. In this episode of Priv, our host Dona Fraser is joined by SIIA Vice President, Education & Children’s Policy, Sara Kloek, and Children’s Advertising Review Unit (CARU) Director, Rukiya Bonner, to...

There are tens of thousands of entrepreneurs in the United States. When getting their business off the ground, often growth, not necessarily privacy, is the primary focus, especially in the technology sector where data is often central to the business.  In this episode of Priv, our hosts are joined by the Tech Diplomacy Network’s Katharina … Continue reading Privacy For Start-Ups →

As a consumer uses their cell phone or mobile device throughout the day, location data, preference, search, and other seemingly private data is collected by app companies and sold to third-party data brokers. Certain of those third-party data brokers may sell that data to government entities, including law enforcement.  In this episode of Privacy Abbreviated, … Continue reading The Government Purchase of Private Data →

Emerging technology is innovative, creative, and fun, but it moves faster than the development of the privacy regulations, laws, and formal guidelines that will eventually govern it. In the absence of a comprehensive federal privacy law, companies experimenting and innovating are looking for guidance. Soft law standards and rules of the road can fill the … Continue reading Filling Privacy Gaps with Soft Law Solutions →

The patchwork of privacy legislation at the state level is challenging, at best, and right now enforcement of CCPA in California is providing many lessons learned for both other states following in California’s footsteps and businesses trying to remain compliant with new, and old, privacy laws. Last year’s landmark Sephora settlement with the California Office … Continue reading Lessons Learned from California on Global Privacy Control →

Discover the NIST Privacy Framework and its adaptable guidelines for effective privacy risk management on Privacy Abbreviated.

In the first episode of Privacy Abbreviated season 2, Dona Fraser and cohost Jason Cronk discuss privacy issues, including the concept of Privacy by Design, the risks for small companies, and insights on the recent TikTok hearing.

Every day, we count steps with fitness trackers, log weight and diet information into apps, and share personal health information on platforms not covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). When we do so, how is that information we input collected, safeguarded, and shared online, and who carries the burden of privacy … Continue reading Flo on Priv: Data Privacy Challenges in Women’s Health Apps →

On October 7, the negotiations between the U.S. and European Commission regarding the future of the data privacy frameworks behind the Privacy Shield program were completed with the release of a Presidential Executive Order, passing the baton to the EU for the start of their adequacy process. Finally, after two years of limbo, the 5,000 businesses that … Continue reading The Future of EU-U.S. Data Transfers →

The metaverse is still a bit of a mystery. Though it will soon begin to integrate physical and virtual worlds, no one has the answers as to exactly what that merge will look like. On this episode of Privacy Abbreviated, hosts Dona and Catherine are joined by Tracy Shapiro, a privacy expert, and partner at … Continue reading The Metaverse Will Blur the Lines Between Physical and Online Privacy →

As a consumer, do you see value in targeted advertising or are you creeped out by marketers tracking you across the internet? In this episode of Privacy Abbreviated, hosts Catherine and Dona are joined by the host of the MarTech Podcast and founder of I Hear Everything, Ben Shapiro. Together, they discuss how small and … Continue reading The Good, the Bad, and the Grey of Targeted Advertising →

Looking back even just five years ago, the privacy landscape looked nothing like it does today – there was no General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), no California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and the demands on businesses were much different. In the first episode of Privacy Abbreviated, hosts Catherine Dawson and Dona Fraser are joined by … Continue reading The State of Privacy: How Did We Get Here? →

BBB National Programs is pleased to introduce Privacy Abbreviated. Hosted by privacy experts Dona Fraser and Catherine Dawson, this new podcast series will discuss the impact of privacy laws and tech innovation on small and medium-sized companies and what business leaders can do to meet challenges in this evolving landscape. As we gear up for … Continue reading Introducing Privacy Abbreviated: Meet the Hosts →