Privacy & Ethics
There is a growing emphasis on collecting consent and ensuring privacy of customer data because of increased regulation such as GDPR and CCPA and general customer backlash. In this environment, the “cost” of compliance is...
Update on ePrivacy and market research
When the news broke In 2018 that Facebook had been overestimating the number of viewers of their content, average viewership metrics were ins some cases inflated by some 150 to 900%. Facebook has now settled...
LATAM data protection laws overview
Latin-America remains on the forefront of data protection legislation. In this final instalment of data protection laws around world we look at the latest developments in Latin America. Several countries adopted new laws, while Uruguay...
Data protection developments in Africa
Over the past two years, several countries on the continent have implemented laws on personal data protection, or have taken the first steps in this direction. Below you will find a short overview per country...
An update on personal data protection laws in the Middle East region
As part of the series of legal updates on data privacy laws around the world, ESOMAR’s professional standards team focuses this week on recent developments in data protection legislation for the Middle East region. Over...
Data protection in the APAC region: an update
Along with the exponential economic development of many APAC countries, a surge of new or updated data protection laws have seen the light. This is driven by a need to make it easier to do...