Resources, guides, and how tos

Whether you're re-architecting your privacy infrastructure, looking to work more strategically across privacy teams, or get exposed to industry best practice—we've got you covered.

Featured research

Report: The state of consent management

With modern privacy laws like Europe’s GDPR and California’s CCPA, companies must inform or secure consent before they can begin tracking users. Our latest research looks at how business leaders today are balancing their website's UX and consent requirements, and compliant tracking rates across organizations.

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How-to guides, interactive tools, and more.

Expert advice and resources for better data privacy.

PDF Guide—Building a future-proof privacy request system

Advice on what's involved in architecting a CCPA/GDPR privacy request system.

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Privacy Request Cost Calculator

Understand the costs of your organization's privacy request program.

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Privacy Tech Stack, Decoded

PDF Guide—The 11 key engineering concepts to know for your data privacy program

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Full text: California Privacy Rights Act

Interactive—Explore markups, highlight key sections, and easily navigate California's Privacy Rights Act.

Data Privacy Feedback Loop

Research—Findings from a study of 1,000 Americans and their attitudes to data privacy, data rights, and brand trust.

Tech talks

Privacy_Infra() by Transcend

Privacy_Infra() is a virtual event hosted by Transcend, where privacy engineers from leading brands and non-profits share their latest work.

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How The New York Times built a technical privacy system

Learn how the publisher built a technical system to honor user’s privacy rights.

How LinkedIn developed a differentially private data analytics API

Staff Software Engineer Ryan Rogers discusses how they built an audience engagement API that leverages differential privacy to protect user information.

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From the Transcend Blog

Perspectives on privacy + data privacy infrastructure

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Businesses must support Global Privacy Control

California’s Attorney General has clarified that businesses must honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) browser signal.

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Defeating cookie banners

How we solved the core technical problem of user tracking consent.

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Why poor privacy kills brand trust

Consumers are becoming increasingly vocal on their desire for more data respect.

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The 5 hidden costs of your company's privacy request approach

There are a number of hidden costs unavoidable when humans are involved in processing privacy requests.

Building a great privacy program without a big tech budget

4 strategic learnings to help build user-centric data privacy without burning out your team.

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Building for the future of data rights

We believe granting your users modern data rights today is good business, plain and simple.