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Privacy advocates challenge proposed GDPR revisions; Regeneron to buy bankrupt 23andMe, vows ethical use of customer DNA data; Gen Z's new side hustle: selling data.

Business community opposes proposed changes to CT data privacy law; Google to pay Texas $1.4 billion in data privacy settlement; California weakens AI and privacy rules, giving tech giants more leeway.

We’re excited to introduce Privacy Center Themes, a new feature that gives you greater control over how your Privacy Center appears on your website.

Massachusetts lawmakers consider comprehensive consumer privacy legislation; states grappling with divergent consent standards; Congress to investigate 23andMe's handling of sensitive data.

We're excited to introduce enhanced Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR) resolution tracking, improving transparency, automated workflows, and backend reporting/auditing for compliance teams.

Senators reintroduce Genomic Data Protection Act; report shows that school districts lag on data privacy expertise; top 10 takeaways from the new HIPAA security rule NPRM.

We’re excited to announce two powerful new Concord policy templates that are designed to simplify compliance and strengthen governance: our AI Policy Generator and Enhanced Privacy Policy Generator.

We're excited to announce our new Lite pricing plan, a cost-effective option designed around our core policy generation/maintenance and consent management features.

Concord Product News: iFrame & Image Blocked Content Placeholder & Configurable Floating Button Position.

US House of Representatives launches new push for federal privacy law; Texas investigates Chinese AI firm DeepSeek over privacy and security concerns; New York’s health data privacy bill would make state toughest in nation.

Concord releases new cookie policy generator feature.

Nebraska poised to lead nation in agricultural data privacy protection; In a first, EU Court fines EU for breaching own data protection law; GDPR fines total €1.2bn in 2024.

New Concord plugins and updated integration guides.

Eight new state privacy laws take effect in 2025; protecting consumers’ location data; US federal agencies FTC & CFPB stamp down on data sharing, ringing warning bell in adland.

Concord joins a select group of Google Certified Gold-Tier Consent Management Platform (CMP) Partners, recognized for easy integration with Google Consent Mode V2, high-quality customer support, and our powerful privacy platform that helps ensure real compliance with privacy regulations.

CFCB says state privacy laws leave consumers' financial data exposed; 63% of HR professionals cite data privacy and security as top AI concerns; Google will track your location for 180 days—then it stops.

The latest Concord release introduces enhanced customization options for the Consent Banner & Privacy Center, with configurable card and button radius settings, new dialog layout options with location support, and updated banner animations. We’ve streamlined onboarding with improved project and organization wizards, added robust consent configuration features, and launched a refreshed developer docs site. Other updates include new floating button icon options, privacy portal fixes, improved export functionalities, and other improvements.

Consent Banner, Privacy Center, & Floating Button Updates, Customizable Fonts, Branded Theme, Data Mapping Updates, and Other Fixes & Enhancements.

US government advances restrictions on international data broker sales; 'Open banking' rules for consumer data unveiled by US watchdog; FCC expands cooperation with states on data security, privacy enforcement.

The latest Concord release includes expanded scanning, categorization, and blocking controls, making our best-in-class tracker engine even better at driving real compliance without the need for error prone custom code, enhancements to the DSAR forms in our Unified Privacy Center, and various other improvements and fixes.

Governor vetoes landmark AI regulation bill; Texas sues TikTok for violating children's privacy; California updates privacy law to protect neural privacy.

Senate Committee members advocate for federal privacy law; LinkedIn’s 930 million users unknowingly train AI, privacy reform underway in Australia.

Major AI safety bill awaits action by Governor Newsom; Capital One & others hit with data privacy class action lawsuits; Google’s GenAI facing scrutiny in Europe

Discover how the U.S. can learn from the E.U. to tackle privacy risks in AI systems, balancing innovation with essential privacy concerns for a safer future.