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William Newmark
William Newmark

William Newmark is Senior Legal Counsel for Usercentrics. He is based in Lisbon, Portugal and is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) in both US and EU law. William received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2007, and is a qualified lawyer in California and Washington state. Before joining Usercentrics, William was in-house counsel for one of the largest insurers in the United States, and also spent over a decade in private practice at a large international law firm as well as with smaller regional law firms.

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Apr 27, 2026
Collecting personally identifiable Information (PII) from users is the backbone of data analytics in most organizations. Depending on the business purpose, PII ranging from email addresses to health records can help deliver services, build relationships, and enable more personalized experiences. This guide provides a PII compliance checklist to help you protect user data and avoid regulatory fines from global data privacy regulations.
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Apr 2, 2026
Age verification requirements are expanding rapidly across the U.S. and in a growing number of countries globally. This article covers the key regulations, the cost of non-compliance — including fines, criminal liability, and reputational damage — and how businesses can build an auditable, defensible age verification process.
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Mar 27, 2026
CalPrivacy's enforcement apparatus has expanded dramatically: a new Audits Division, automated website scanning, the nine-state Consortium of Privacy Regulators, and a deterrence-first penalty philosophy. For U.S. businesses, the risk is no longer theoretical as investigations can open without warning, and fixing a violation before agency contact doesn't guarantee avoiding a fine. Learn about the 10 areas driving enforcement.
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