Congress eyes killing controversial surveillance program
Momentum is growing in Congress to reject the Trump administration’s request to reauthorize a controversial surveillance program. Lawmakers have until […]
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Facebook isn’t sharing all off-platform data with users
Facebook is now offering users a feature that lets them see what data it has collected about their activities beyond […]
Belgian Data Protection Authority Releases Direct Marketing Recommendation
On February 10, 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority published its Recommendation on data processing activities for direct marketing purposes. […]
House Committee reviews controversial Washington Privacy Act
Following a 46-1 vote in the Senate, the proposed Washington Privacy Act has moved over to the House, where a […]
Moscow deploys facial recognition technology for coronavirus quarantine
Moscow is using facial recognition technology to ensure people ordered to remain at home or at their hotels under coronavirus […]
EU publishes revised draft ePrivacy Regulation
The Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 21 February 2020 published revised text of the proposed ePrivacy […]
Microsoft launches open-source privacy mapping tool
Microsoft has launched a new open-source tool mapping ISO’s global privacy standard, ISO/IEC 27701, to nine different privacy laws from […]
Iowa senator to introduce ‘right to be forgotten’ law
A state senator wants to spare Iowans the agony of search engines digging up past indiscretions they would rather forget, […]
Max Schrems files complaint against Amazon
Max Schrems, head of None Of Your Business (noyb), has announced the not-for-profit organisation is to file a complaint to […]
Lack of big tech GDPR decisions looms large in EU watchdog’s annual report
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner – the lead European Union privacy regulator for most of big tech – has put out […]
Firm Tracking Purchase, Transaction Histories of Millions Maybe Not Really Anonymizing Them
The nation’s largest financial data broker, Yodlee, holds extensive and supposedly anonymized banking and credit card transaction histories on millions […]
As Congress stalls on data privacy, Big Tech tangles with states
Top U.S. technology companies are shifting their focus to state capitals to shape emerging data-privacy laws as progress on a […]