Advocacy Groups Call for Facebook’s Break Up Nine advocacy groups have called the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the break up of Facebook in light of its consumer data breaches, especially with Cambridge Analytica. The recommendation includes spinning off Instagram and WhatsApp. The letter urged the FTC to regulate Facebook like a utility given its size, position and influence in...

EU regulators put muscle behind GDPR Google was fined $57 million by the French data protection authority, known as CNIL, for violating EU’s consumer data privacy regulation known as General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that was passed in May 2018. The fine against Google relates to improper disclosure to consumers on how their data is collected and used in personalized ads...

California’s New Data Law: 6 Things You Need To Know Now California is the new frontline for consumer data privacy. As we discussed in last week’s CardLinx Webinar, California passed a sweeping new data privacy law that was hastily signed into law yesterday afternoon in California’s capital by Governor Jerry Brown. The law contains many new digital data rights for...