European Commission publishes data strategy, AI white paper
On Wednesday, the commission released its EU data strategy. The document outlines the commission’s five-year plan for “policy measures and investments […]
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Privacy Bill Clears Washington State Senate
The Washington State Senate has passed a privacy bill that would give state residents new rights over data collection and […]
Automated facial recognition breaches GDPR, says EU digital chief
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for digital affairs, has said that automated facial recognition breaches GDPR as […]
New laws to create a Data Protection Agency announced in USA
In the US, a new Data Protection Act (DPA) would create a consumer watchdog to give Americans control and protection […]
Facebook postpones launch of dating app
Facebook has been forced into an embarrassing postponement of its new dating service all across Europe 36 hours before Valentine’s […]
On data protection, the UK says it will go it alone. It probably won’t.
The Prime Minister listed data protection as an area that the UK could legislate on following Brexit – but diverging […]
EU backs away from call for blanket ban on facial recognition tech
New draft of AI paper drops suggestion of five-year moratorium on surveillance tech. In a draft of a paper on […]
Study finds privacy concerns put most adults off dealing with a firm
A new study of over 2,000 US adults and 500 marketing executives has found that data privacy is now a […]
Over 15 billion records were exposed last year
The total number of records exposed in 2019 increased by 284 percent compared to 2018. In total, there were over […]
Met removes hundreds from gangs matrix after breaking data laws
Hundreds of young people have been removed from a controversial police list of alleged gang members after claims that it […]
The state of tracking and data privacy in 2020
January 2020 felt like a turning point. CCPA went into effect, Google Chrome became the latest browser to commit to […]
Police keeping drink-driver’s DNA breached his rights, Human Rights Court rules
UK police who indefinitely retained in their records the DNA profile of a man convicted of drink-driving breached his human […]