EDPB Adopts Guidelines on Relevant and Reasoned Objection under Article 60 of the GDPR
During its 39th plenary session on October 8, 2020, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted guidelines on relevant and […]
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ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details […]
‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might Work
California’s privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test. […]
Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors
Members of the intelligence-sharing alliance Five Eyes, along with government representatives for Japan and India, have published a statement over […]
Amazon’s Latest Gimmicks Are Pushing the Limits of Privacy
Privacy advocates warn that the Ring Always Home Cam and Amazon One both normalize aggressive new forms of data collection. […]
France’s Health Data Hub to move to European cloud infrastructure to avoid EU-US data transfers
France’s data regulator CNIL has issued some recommendations for French services that handle health data, as Mediapart first reported. Those […]
Faulty Facial Recognition Led to His Arrest—Now He’s Suing
Michael Oliver is the second Black man found to be wrongfully arrested by Detroit police because of the technology—and his […]
Facebook, Belgian Data-Protection Watchdog Face Off at EU High Court
The European Union faced some tough questions as it defended Facebook at the EU high court Monday, in a case […]
Commission presses Zoom for security assurances but continues to use platform
The European Commission is looking for further assurances from US video conferencing platform Zoom regarding the security of its technology, […]
Facebook sues two companies engaged in data scraping operations
Facebook has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. against two companies that had engaged in an international “data scraping” operation. […]
More Americans share social security, financial and medical information than before the pandemic
A new survey has shown that consumer willingness to share more sensitive data – social security numbers, financial information and […]
ICO Launches Consultation on Its Draft Statutory Guidance
On October 1, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a public consultation on its draft Statutory Guidance. The […]