So you want to know how much Neanderthal is in your genes. You are curious about the percentage of Serbo-Croatian, Hmong, Sephardim or Ashanti blood that runs through your veins. Or maybe you hope to find a rich great-aunt near death, seeking an heir. How much is this […]
GDPR compliant businesses that are using Microsoft cloud products like Azure and Office 365 may need to modify their data processing agreements. Microsoft is making changes to their cloud computing service terms that will go into effect in this new year that may have broad implications, as it […]
The GDPR has been in force for less than two years, but we are already observing its effect on data subjects, data controllers/processors, and data privacy regulators. A huge, complex set of societal regulations is bound to have problematic passages and unintended consequences. So it seems time to […]
When I see stories about continuing data spats between banks, fintechs and other players in the payments ecosystem, I tend to muse about how the more things change the more they stay the same. And so it is with this story about a bank, PNC, shutting off the […]
As we are just finishing a busy year committed, more than anything, to meeting the demands of the California Legislature, how do we expect the next year to shape up? What will the great gods of the internet and data analytics bring us? Here at Hey, Data Data […]
Pick your aphorism. Nature abhors a vacuum. Markets hate uncertainty. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Small is beautiful. Whichever one you choose, my prediction for 2020 is the same: we will see state legislatures acting to protect their citizens (and lure corporate taxpayers) by passing […]
Technology is traditionally seen as having a positive impact on the environment. Increases in remote working and better collaboration software have reduced the need for employees to travel for work. Paperless offices are now the gold standard (even despite the legal professions love of printing out everything!). But […]
It’s a new year, a new decade, and a new experience for me writing for the HeyDataData blog. My colleagues asked for input and discussion around 2020 predictions for technology and data protection. Dom has already written about a few. I’ve picked out four: Experiential retail Stores will […]
CCPA Enforcement In October, Peter and Tara wrote about the various dates and issues to navigate with the California Consumer Privacy Act {“CCPA’). In 2020, particularly July when the Attorney General begins enforcing the law, we will begin to see treatment of privacy practices for those entities required […]
When Duke William X died on a pilgrimage to Spain in 1137, he entrusted his daughters to the care of French King Louis the Fat. His oldest daughter, Eleanor of Aquitaine, aged somewhere between 12 and 15 inclusive, immediately became the duchess of Aquitaine, Gascony and Poitou, ruling […]
