JD Supra

Practitioners’ Corner: What Is Personal Information? Or, Understanding Anonymization, De-Identification, and Aggregation

Practitioners' Corner is a monthly focus on topics of interest to in-house counsel in the implementation of their privacy programs. Pop quiz: Is an IP address ...
JD Supra

Anonymization v. De-Identification, Post-Dobbs; Rumblings from the FTC

When is personal data “anonymized”? The answer to this question has largely been based on jurisdiction. If your business is in the U.S., so long as HIPAA or the CCPA does not govern, then generally ...
Law

For Data Privacy Attorneys, Data Anonymization Is Often Too Good to Be True

Varying standards and new technology that makes re-identifying data easier is putting pressure on companies to "get serious" about their data anonymization efforts. While lawyers chase the patchwork ...
Digital Journal

Building a citizen data democracy: De-identification is essential

Idea for a smart home? Image by Tim Sandle. Taken in Peterborough, UK. Two out of five homes worldwide have at least one smart device that is vulnerable to cyber-attacks, according to an assessment by ...
The Hill

What we’re missing in the CCPA de-identification debate

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is predicted to reshape national technology companies in the United States. But the devil is in the details. When it comes ...