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November 20, 2020

Apple hits out at campaign group’s ‘inaccurate’ privacy complaint

Apple has strongly denied claims from privacy campaigners that it has breached Europe’s ePrivacy directive through its Identifier for Advertisers […]

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November 20, 2020

The Spanish Supervisory Authority Approves a GDPR Code of Conduct on Advertising

On September 16, 2020, the Spanish Supervisory Authority (AEPD) approved a “Code of Conduct for Data Processing in Advertising”. This […]

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November 20, 2020

Tim Berners-Lee launches enterprise-friendly decentralised web platform in move to ‘restore power on the web’

Tim Berners-Lee has launched an enterprise-friendly decentralised web platform using the open-source technology, Solid, to “restore power” on the web. […]

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November 20, 2020

Vodafone fined over 12 million Euro by Italian DPA for aggressive telemarketing practices

The Italian data protection supervisory authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) ordered Vodafone to pay a fine in […]

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November 17, 2020

Forensic Genealogy Cracks Cold Cases Amid Privacy Concerns

Millions of people will unwrap at-home ancestry testing kits this holiday season and eagerly swab their cheeks and mail in […]

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November 17, 2020

Defining data protection standards could be a hot topic in state legislation in 2021

Some states could follow the New York Shield Act’s lead and set clearer regulatory expectations for reasonable cybersecurity. Election security […]

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November 17, 2020

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain […]

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November 17, 2020

How the NYPD gets people’s personal data with no oversight

The NYPD has used tens of thousands of questionable subpoenas over the last decade to intimidate private companies into handing […]

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November 17, 2020

German Court Slashes a GDPR Privacy Fine by 90%

A German appeals court has slashed by 90% a General Data Protection Regulation fine levied by the nation’s federal privacy […]

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November 17, 2020

Australian government opens public consultation on changes to its Privacy Act

The Australian government has opened a consultation on potential changes to privacy legislation. Following the Attorney-General’s announcement in December last […]

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November 17, 2020

Canadian privacy watchdog publishes recommendations on regulating use of AI

The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (the OPC) yesterday outlined recommendations for regulating the use of artificial intelligence, […]

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November 17, 2020

California ballot initiative passes, significantly altering the California Consumer Privacy Act

The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) makes significant changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was originally passed […]

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GDPR News

Apple hits out at campaign group’s ‘inaccurate’ privacy complaint

Tim Berners-Lee launches enterprise-friendly decentralised web platform in move to ‘restore power on the web’

Forensic Genealogy Cracks Cold Cases Amid Privacy Concerns

Defining data protection standards could be a hot topic in state legislation in 2021

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

How the NYPD gets people’s personal data with no oversight

Australian government opens public consultation on changes to its Privacy Act

Canadian privacy watchdog publishes recommendations on regulating use of AI

California ballot initiative passes, significantly altering the California Consumer Privacy Act

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