Given recent Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights guidance, HIPAA-regulated entities should consider immediately taking the steps discussed in this GT blog post to reduce the risk associated with their use of tracking technologies.
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A behavioral advertising cookie typically refers to a cookie that is used to track the websites a consumer visits for the purpose of identifying advertisements that may be of particular interest to the consumer and then serving such advertisements to the consumer. Behavioral advertising cookies are sometimes referred to as third-party behavioral advertising cookies, advertising
There is little standardization concerning how cookie banners are deployed. Generally, however, most cookie banners fall within four broad categories:
A “cookie banner” refers to a pop-up notice on a website that discusses the site’s use of cookies. There is little standardization concerning how cookie banners are deployed. For example, websites can position them in different places on the screen (e.g., across the top of the screen, across the bottom of the screen, in a
On Wednesday, June 9, David A. Zetoony, U.S. co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice, will present the WestLawLegal webinar “Tracking Technologies: An Update on the Current State of Law in the U.S. and Europe on Cookies, Pixels, Scripts and Other Ecosystem Changes.”
New laws, including the California Consumer Privacy
GT is a sponsor of the Privacy + Security Forum Spring Academy taking place virtually May 24-26, 2021. The conference will break down the silos of privacy and security and bring together seasoned thought leaders hosting virtual sessions and workshops designed to deliver practical takeaways for conference participants. On Tuesday, May 25 from 2:00 –
On Wednesday, May 12, 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. ET, join GT for a webinar on the current state of the law in the United States and Europe when it comes to the use of cookies, pixels, scripts, and other tracking technologies online.
New laws, including the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the California Privacy
In order to be considered a service provider under the CCPA, a legal entity must process personal information “on behalf of a business”[1] and be prohibited by contract from:
The California Attorney General was asked to clarify whether the use of “website cookies shared with third parties” constituted the sale of personal information. The Attorney General declined to answer, stating only that whether a particular situation constitutes the sale of information “raises specific legal questions that would require a fact-specific determination, including whether or
While there is relatively little publicly available empirical data concerning website visitors’ interactions with cookie banners, the data that does exist indicates that user acceptance rates are significantly greater depending upon how many options are presented to a website visitor. For example, in one study researchers placed a cookie banner on a website that provided