What is OWASP? What are the OWASP Top 10 and how do they relate to application security?

Amber Randall
May 14, 2020
By Amber Randall May 14, 2020
Every day our smartphones, computers and tablets collect information about who we are. They know where we spend the most time, what time of day we access the internet, what websites we go to, and the applications we download. With this data, companies build profiles about their users and sell them to third parties. Effective January 1, 2020, the California Consumers Privacy Act grants new rights to Californians concerning what companies are allowed to do with their data. This legislation protects and legally gives Californians the right to know exactly what goes on with the data companies collect about them. One of the most significant changes CCPA brings is requiring companies to tell consumers what type of data they are collecting about them. This includes any personal information regarding online activity, frequented locations and websites, facial recognition data, and even the personalized ads they see online. Another attribute of the new policy is that consumers are able to demand companies to delete