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A generic terms of service template misses what forums and community platforms need: acceptable-use rules, content-moderation rights, and account-termination language. Here's what to add.
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CPRA doubled the CCPA's data-volume compliance threshold from 50,000 to 100,000 California consumers or households, effective January 1, 2023, one of at least six substantive changes the amendment made to the original 2018 law. See every CCPA-to-CPRA difference: new rights, enforcement body, cure period, and statutory damages, with the 2026 compliance data behind each one.
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Eight comprehensive state privacy laws took effect in 2025 alone, more than any other year on record, per PrivacyTerms.io's compilation of the IAPP US State Privacy Legislation Tracker and MultiState's 2026 roundup. See the full 2020-2026 effective-date timeline and which states are still pending.
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70% of US consumers say they worry about data privacy and security, up from 60% a year earlier, according to Deloitte's 2025 Connected Consumer Survey of 3,524 US adults. See how trust, data-sharing willingness, and generative AI concerns are shifting heading into 2026.
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Shopping, adult, and recreation sites post privacy policies running 900 to 2,500 words longer than the cross-category average, while reference, science, and society sites run shorter, per a 2022 longitudinal study of 2,181 websites. See the full length trend, the GDPR effect, and how popularity plays almost no role.
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Banking is the most-trusted industry for personal data, but only 44% of consumers say they trust it, according to Thales's 2025 Digital Trust Index of 14,009 consumers across 14 countries. See how every ranked sector compares, from banking down to news media.
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