Episode 154 — Online Privacy – Cookies, chatbots, and data sharing

Data Privacy Detective

Why do businesses create cookies for their websites – and what choices can visitors make when a popup asks us to choose? Can chatbots write privacy policies for businesses? How can we determine if a website shares personal information we provide to it – and if so, for what purposes?

Donata Stroink-Skillrud, President and Legal Engineer of Termageddon (https://www.termageddon.com), addresses these questions. As data privacy laws and regulations spread, data privacy technology and policies must adapt. As website visitors, we should understand our choices when deciding what to click on cookie popups and should know whether a website business is gathering our personal information for limited and proper purposes. Learn a trick about how to know if a business shares personal information. Businesses wishing to be privacy compliant and earn a privacy-centric reputation should consider top tips. For individuals, hear advice for how we can protect our personal information in a world of growing threats to our privacy.

Time stamps:

01:00 — Cookies, explained

06:21 — Chatbots, explained

10:56 — How can we find out if a business is sharing our personal information?

14:21 — Tips for businesses that want to focus on user privacy

15:24 — Tips for individuals who want to protect their privacy