EU privacy regulators increase pressure on WhatsApp over data sharing
EU privacy regulators rapped WhatsApp on the knuckles for not resolving concerns over the service’s sharing of user data with […]
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Government reiterates plans for EU-UK data flows post-Brexit
The UK government has reiterated its plans to establish an agreement with the remainder of the EU member states that […]
Call to tighten UK law over data breaches
Consumer group Which? is unhappy with the U.K. data protection bill and has called on the government to amend the […]
The Internet of Things in the Era of the GDPR
The Internet of Things is a term used more and more often. We discuss in this article what IoT is […]
Advocate General Rejects Facebook’s Claim of Sole Irish Jurisdiction in EU
On October 24, 2017, an opinion issued by the EU’s Advocate General Bot rejected Facebook’s assertion that its EU data […]
CIPL Responds to CNIL and Irish DPC on Transparency and Data Transfers under the GDPR
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton & Williams LLP (“CIPL”) recently submitted responses to the Irish Data Protection […]
New law on personal data processing by employers in Poland
To adjust Polish law to the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, the Ministry of Digitalization has prepared drafts […]
WP29 releases guidelines on administrative fines under the GDPR
The EU’s Article 29 Working Party on Friday published the final guidelines on the application and setting of administrative fines under […]
Advertisers say that responsible data collection is possible
Responsible data collection is possible – and it’s good for businesses and consumers alike, says Will Carty, the Network Advertising Initiative’s […]
The flaws of ePrivacy: Will phones still be allowed to be smart?
What would life be like without smartphones? Hard to imagine in 2017. The European ePrivacy Regulation being debated in the […]
Controller and Processor standard clauses
The French DPA (CNIL) and Spanish DPA (AGDP) have issued two guides for data processors, namely “Règlement européen sur la […]
LIBE votes to push Lauristin’s ePrivacy Regulation forward
Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee handed privacy and data protection advocates a big win Thursday when they […]