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When privacy concerns surface, the instinct is often to look for a tool to resolve the challenge at-hand.

A consent banner.
A platform upgrade.
A new setting that promises to “solve” the issue.

Tool...

Nonprofit leaders often ask:

“We’re exempt in this state… so do we really need to worry about privacy there?”

It’s a reasonable question. And the answer is yes, but not because of technical exem...

Many organizations tell me they’re investing in first-party data right now.

But when I look under the hood, what they’re really doing is collecting more information — without always stopping to ask w...

As nonprofits work to better understand and serve their communities, I'm often asked about how they should proceed in collecting sensitive demographic data, such as race, gender identity, ZIP code, or...

I'm often asked about preference management and consent management -- which are  two different things, despite the fact that they're often referenced as being one in the same. Navigating the definitio...

New state data privacy laws in the U.S. have much in common with the EU's GDPR legislation, which went into effect in 2018. Which is good news, in that it gives those of us serving primarily U.S. cons...

First things first: Explicit, informed consent is good for humans, in every context. This is important grounding. Yes means yes, and anything else means no. Adopt it, live it, embrace it.

Over time, ...