Data Regulation news and trends

US, EU Data Sharing Framework Paves Way for ‘Trust and Consumer Confidence’
Regulation // September 28, 2023

Ashley Eisenberg, data privacy officer at Forter, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as companies do business across borders, data access — and protection — are top of mind. “Organizations have started to realize that their data is a valuable asset,” she said. For...

EU Regulators Anticipate Tech Evolution to Stay Ahead of Data Privacy Trends
Connected Economy // March 21, 2023

German automaker Mercedes-Benz and Visa recently announced the rolling out of in-car payments technology, a move that is poised to usher in the next frontier of digital payments. Read more: Why Mercedes Benz Is Building the Operating System for In-Car Payments In an interview with...

COVID Or No, Data Demands Compliance
Regulation // April 01, 2020

Consumer data privacy laws were making compliance difficult before a pandemic brought the world to a halt. But COVID-19 also triggered emergency loopholes in data legislation that relax the rules under certain conditions. Are we living in those conditions now? No one is totally sure....

Today In Payments: BoA Mortgage Customers Can Defer Payments; India’s Proposed Rules Will Force Big Tech...
News // March 20, 2020

In today’s top news, Bank of America will offer mortgage, credit card and other loan deferments to customers impacted by the coronavirus, and India is moving to tighten controls on Big Tech companies by requiring them to turn over data. Also, Airbnb is speaking with...

Interviews & Exclusives
US, EU Data Sharing Framework Paves Way for ‘Trust and Consumer Confidence’

September 28, 2023
Ashley Eisenberg, data privacy officer at Forter, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as companies do business across borders, data access — and protection — are top of mind. “Organizations have started to realize that their data is a valuable asset,” she said. For enterprises based in the U.S. and Europe, collaboration on personal […]

Mastercard On Repairing The Data Trust Deficit — With Decency 

October 25, 2019
Can data be harvested … with decency? The California Consumer Privacy Act looms, taking effect at the beginning of 2020. Across the pond, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect...

Mastercard Launches Open Banking Platform To Further API Standards

June 04, 2019
Lead, follow or get out of the way — that seems to apply to the rise of Open Banking, which promises more financial services innovation, along with greater financial transparency and...

Can PSD2 Get Past Its GDPR Problem As Deadlines Hit?

March 14, 2019
Ladies and gentlemen, it has finally arrived. From this day forward (March 14), businesses covered by the European Union’s (EU’s) Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) are supposed to have a testing...

Quick Reads
FTC Seeks to Strengthen Rules Around Monetizing Children’s Data

December 20, 2023
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has proposed changes meant to enhance children’s privacy and restrict companies’ ability to exploit children’s data for monetization purposes. The proposed changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act Rule (COPPA Rule) aim to shift the responsibility of ensuring the safety and security of digital services for children from parents to service […]

Antitrust, Privacy Concerns Surround Google’s Fitbit Takeover Bid

February 11, 2020
Google‘s plan to buy Fitbit isn’t going as well as it had hoped, reports said. The search engine giant has been running into a wall of regulatory red tape, as...

EU Investigates Tinder’s Use Of User Data

February 05, 2020
Tinder, the popular dating service, is under investigation by the Ireland Data Protection Commission (DPC) over how it uses data from customers, including issues over its transparency and compliance with...

Mississippi AG Preps Antitrust Suit Against Google

March 19, 2019
The Mississippi Attorney General (AG) revealed that his office is preparing an antitrust case against Google, accusing the tech giant of controlling a “pipeline” of data. “We attorneys general have...