FTC fines Facebook historic $5B for privacy violations
After months of leaks to the press and rumors of an imminent enforcement action, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has […]
After months of leaks to the press and rumors of an imminent enforcement action, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has […]
The No Biometric Barriers to Housing Act is expected to be introduced this week. The bill would prohibit the use […]
Every year, commercially available satellite images are becoming sharper and taken more frequently. Privacy advocates warn that innovation in satellite […]
The government has been taken to court over its decision to deny European citizens the right to access data the […]
Google has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement that could resolve a class-action lawsuit over the company’s collection of […]
An anonymised dataset is supposed to have had all personally identifiable information removed from it, while retaining a core of […]
On July 10, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a joint […]
Hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive data and defaced the website of SyTech, a major contractor working for […]
Cameras are everywhere, and data brokers are vacuuming up information on individuals. But regulations have not kept pace. Facial recognition […]
On July 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Equifax Inc. agreed to pay at least $575 million, and […]
Without waiting for the future ePrivacy regulation, which is currently under discussion at the European level and which is not […]
The Washington Post has internally developed a first-party data ad targeting tool called Zeus Insights, which offers contextual targeting capabilities. […]