Privacy is becoming increasingly important for members of society. As data is becoming more and more widespread, people are more worried about where their data is going, how it\u2019s being used, and how it\u2019s facilitated. As technology has been around for around a century, trends towards more privacy have been increasingly important.<\/p>\n
Data Privacy Trends<\/b><\/p>\n
1. AI Governance<\/p>\n
There are many forms of threats that can hurt a company: one being a data breach or a hacker. With the risk of having data taken away, AI governance is becoming an increasingly important priority. It will help take in information about the patterns of consumers, employee behaviors and other key metrics. This way consumer data is far more protected by risks out of businesses control.<\/p>\n
2. Centralized Privacy User Experience<\/p>\n
People have started demanding more and more privacy rights. After case and case of data mismanagement, it is becoming an important ideal for many consumers. Therefore, many businesses need to create a portal with consent management for data. This way consumers have the option to allow management or disallow it. Either way, privacy UX such as cookies and notices can be more manageable when put under one page allowing for easier usage and better comprehension of data rules.<\/p>\n
3. Privacy at home<\/p>\n
As school was switched to virtual, jobs taken at home, and life completely shut down, COVID has changed the way data is used and regulated. Now that everything is centralized at home, privacy risks are becoming more paramount. Businesses should make sure they are not monitoring data 24\/7 and keeping it to a minimum. By communicating and being transparent with the data used, employees can feel safe and secure with their data.<\/p>\n
4. Consumer mistrust<\/p>\n
Many customers mistrust businesses\u2019 usage of data. They are often becoming more and more aware of the amount of data that is being mishandled. Often read in many fine prints in popular social media is the usage of personal data for things other than commercial use. This is becoming increasingly hazardous for typical data users. I mean take Facebook for example, they allowed around 87 million people\u2019s data to get into other businesses\u2019 hands. With their abuse of their stated terms and conditions, Facebook got sued with the mismanagement of consumer\u2019s data.<\/p>\n
5. Government action<\/p>\n
With the increasing power businesses now have with data, governments have now taken it upon themselves to protect digital rights. By requiring companies to keep up with up to 27 online privacy bills, the government is taking a step towards our security. For example, according to The Washington Post, governments are \u201cproposing a bill that would allow users to opt out of targeted advertisements and to sue internet companies that improperly sell their data.\u201d This being one of the many bills being made, it is increasingly important that businesses start using consumer\u2019s data in a more secure way.<\/p>\n
Texas State Level Laws\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n CCPA, California Consumer Privacy Act<\/b><\/p>\n Colorado Privacy Act<\/b><\/p>\n Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Though just a couple examples of state level privacy regulation laws, it is becoming increasingly important to protect the rights of our children, our family and ourselves.<\/p>\n Federal Level Regulation<\/b><\/p>\n As of right now there are no federal laws that control data privacy in the US. But there seems to be an increase in localized regulation such as in states and counties. The Federal trade commission act however has come to regulate some data, and enforce some privacy laws. However, it doesn\u2019t explicitly state that in its purpose.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As data becomes more widespread, privacy concerns are growing. People are increasingly aware of how their data is used, leading to a push for better protection and transparency. Over the years, there has been a shift towards stronger privacy measures, and there are some key trends and regulations emerging around data privacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2830,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[19,43,38,45],"class_list":["post-2847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogs","tag-best-practices","tag-consumer-rights","tag-data-breaches","tag-data-governance"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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