The Paradox of Data Collection

The latest trends in the consumer engagement sphere are tracking toward a commercial environment in which brands maintain unique relationships with individual consumers. The loyalty wires of late have been buzzing with words like personalization, one-to-one and clienteling, all of which point to the notion of a brand providing valued...

W. Capra Adopts NIST Privacy Framework Approach to Data Privacy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released version 1.0 of the NIST Privacy Framework: A Tool for Improving Privacy through Enterprise Risk Management on January 16, 2020. This framework was developed starting in September 2018 using a “robust, transparent, consensus-based collaboration with private and public sector stakeholders.”...

Analysis of the Texas AFD Anti-Skimming Regulation

Introduction to the Regulation On September 1st, 2019 Texas Legislature created Chapter 607 of the Texas Business and Commerce code related to card skimmers on automated fuel dispensers (AFDs). This chapter requires petroleum merchants to implement procedures to prevent, detect, and report the installation of skimmers on their unattended AFDs....