UN privacy expert weighs in on landmark US Supreme Court case on jurisdiction over cloud data
he UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy has submitted independent expert advice to the US Supreme Court in […]
December 2017
Those airport cameras tracking your face may not be legal, study finds
Researchers at Georgetown University Law School recommend that DHS abandon a biometric scanning program that would capture the face of […]
NYC May Be at the Vanguard of Algorithmic Accountability in 2018
Next year promises to be an important year for advancing conversations about accountability in artificial intelligence. While civil society has […]
Researchers can re-identify government’s data
The confidential patient data of 2.9 million Australians can be re-identified, without decryption, a report from University of Melbourne researchers […]
As GDPR Looms, Privacy Tech Is On The Rise
The May deadline to comply with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is swiftly approaching, and ad tech and security […]
Failed exam candidate gets right to written paper in ECJ ruling
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that a written exam paper amounts to personal data and can be […]
Safari in Arms Race Against Trackers – Criteo Feels the Heat
Criteo is an ad company. You may not have heard of them, but they do retargeting, the type of ads […]
UK: GDPR and the Public Sector
The Crown Commercial Service has this week published a Procurement Policy Note explaining how upcoming changes under the General Data […]
A Cute Toy Just Brought a Hacker Into Your Home
Amid the holiday shopping season, cybersecurity researchers warn that new, interactive toys are vulnerable to many hacking threats. Source: A […]
UK’s DPA seeks comment on draft Children and GDPR guidance
Fairness, transparency and accountability are essential for all data processing, but this is especially relevant when children are accessing online […]
Privacy in 2017: A year in review
A year ago on this blog, while reflecting on the year in privacy for 2016, I wrapped things up by […]
Australia: surveillance at workspace
The rise of smartphones means that businesses and their employees are using social media at unprecedented levels as a working […]