Privacy Please S5, E228 - 8 New Privacy Laws Coming in 2025 and Cybersecurity Threats
Ever wonder how the privacy landscape in the United States is about to shift dramatically? As we return from our Thanksgiving celebrations, we promise you'll gain highlights into the eight new privacy laws that will redefine how businesses handle consumer data by 2025. States like Delaware, Nebraska, New Hampshire, and Iowa are leading the push for more consumer-friendly policies with default opt-out provisions and enhanced measures for children's privacy.
Switching gears to cybersecurity, we uncover the alarming breach by the Chinese hacking group Salt Typhoon into US telecommunication firms. This episode stresses the critical importance of securing our communications and highlights the vulnerabilities that lie within current infrastructures. We recommend secure tools like ProtonMail and Signal to bolster personal privacy against these persistent threats. Delve into the potential motivations behind these breaches, including the chilling prospect of strategic data collection for future decryption, and understand why vigilance is more crucial than ever. Join us as we explore these pressing topics.
For more insight our resource for this episode for upcoming state laws: https://transcend.io/blog/state-privacy-laws-2025
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