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Lawyer Monthly: TikTok Sued for Billions Over Children’s Data Collection
April 28, 2021
Former children’s commissioner for England, Anne Longfield, has launched legal action against TikTok alleging that the social media app illegally gathered the personal data of millions of children since May 2018, when General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect.
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AdNews.org.au: Will Data Privacy Become a Competitive Differentiator?
April 21, 2021
As Data privacy legislation and consumer demands have changed the rules of digital marketing, brands that embrace transparent data privacy practices stand to gain a massive competitive advantage.
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Business & Human Rights Resource Centre: New Promoting Mandatory Due Diligence Site
April 19, 2021
As the momentum grows worldwide among governments to require companies to undertake human rights due diligence, the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre has established a portal for promoting mandatory due diligence.
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USA Today: FB Oversight Board will Allow Users to File Appeals over Content
April 19, 2021
Facebook’s oversight board has announced that it will begin letting individual users file appeals over posts, photos, and videos that they think the company should not allow on its platforms.
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Facebook Announces New Corporate Human Rights Policy
April 14, 2021
Facebook has announced a new corporate human rights policy, covering all of the social network and a fund to support human rights defenders that will strive to respect human rights as defined in international law, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).