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"Data mapping" is typically considered the foundational step for any privacy program — but what exactly is it? BigID Chief Privacy Officer Heather Federman, CIPP/US, writes it's more than a compliance exercise. "It also demonstrates the more you know your data, the better you can protect and leverage it for greater business insights," she said. Federman walks through suggested steps for those in data governance and privacy professionals.

In the past year, Meta banned at least seven companies engaged in “surveillance-for-hire activities” from Facebook, CyberScoop reports. Meta Head of Security Policy Nathaniel Gleicher said democracies of the world need to craft legislation to criminalize companies for making commercial surveillance software.

The Washington Post reports U.S. Congress remains at odds on the path to passing children's privacy bills before year's end. U.S. senators are pushing the proposed Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act of 2021 and the Kids Online Safety Act during the December lame-duck session, while members of the U.S. House aren't yet sold on passage. U.S. Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., called CTOPPA provisions "common-sense and critical protections," but Rep.

U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate internet infrastructure company Neustar Security Services' sale of data to the federal government, The Washington Post reports. Wyden wants the FTC to review whether the company should have warned consumers it was selling information on where they went online.