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Hello all, and happy Thursday!
One of the things that we see at Osano when talking to businesses is that they see investing in privacy solutions as important, but not urgent. And for businesses that aren’t based out of a region with active privacy enforcement like the EU, that assessment has been accurate.
But that’s changing.
In the US, more and more state privacy laws are coming online, and one of our stories this week calls out a surefire leading indicator of increased privacy enforcement: Hiring.
State regulators are on a hiring frenzy, especially for individuals with technical backgrounds. If privacy laws aren’t enforced, then they may as well not exist—and it looks like state regulators are planning to do some enforcing.
This enforcement bellwether is important, but I have another important message I want to cover in today’s intro.
You may have heard of a pretty significant change taking place at Osano. I am stepping away from my role as CEO at Osano and stepping into another: Chief Innovation Officer.
In this role, I’ll focus on building new, innovative products from the ground up so Osano can solve both today’s and tomorrow’s privacy challenges. Meanwhile, our new CEO, Bobby Jaffari, will steer the ship as we continue to grow and scale.
I’ll continue to write this email, so you’re not rid of me yet. 😉
If you want to learn more about this transition, scroll down to check out the blog post I wrote on the subject.
Best,
Arlo
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Blog: Taking Osano to the Next Milestone (and Beyond)
"What got you here won’t get you there.” We strive to apply this truism at Osano on a daily basis. Read this post to learn why Arlo Gilbert decided it was time to pass the CEO role to another in order for us to reach our next “there.”
Top Privacy Stories of the Week
New Wave of Pixel Litigation Targets Financial Industry
The plaintiffs’ bar has brought class action suits based on the use of tracking technologies used for website analytics. The health care industry has been plagued by a series of these cases, but now the plaintiffs may be moving to financial services with the potential for statutory penalties of hundreds of dollars per user when a duty of confidentiality can be credibly implicated.
Swedish Bodyguards’ Workout Data Exposes Royal Family’s Private Vacations
Top Swedish bodyguards are facing embarrassment after media revealed their fitness tracking data inadvertently exposed the locations of the Swedish king and queen’s secret vacations, including a private island in the Seychelles and the mountain village of Storlien in northern Sweden.
Regulators to Businesses: You “Can’t Just Slap a Compliance Program in Place and Then Never Look at It Again.”
Companies have relied on compliance vendors to help them navigate new privacy laws and stay out of trouble. But vendors operating with little oversight and at times outdated tech have left businesses with consumer-facing websites open to fines and other enforcement actions.
Irish Watchdog Begins Probe into TikTok's Data Transfers to China
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) opened a new inquiry into TikTok’s transfers of EU users’ personal data to servers located in China after new information emerged, it said in a statement on Thursday. The probe comes after the DPC issued a €530 million fine against the video sharing platform in April for failing to protect the personal data of EU users when transferring it to China.
Privacy Law Enforcement Enhanced by States’ Tech Hiring Push
State regulators are recruiting a new pool of talent to investigate under-the-hood corporate data privacy practices and level the playing field with tech-savvy industry. At least six states—California, Texas, Oregon, Connecticut, Minnesota, and Delaware—are bringing on experts steeped in a wide range of technologies to help them pursue a new wave of privacy investigations and corporate settlement agreements.
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