UK decision to deny EU citizens access to data challenged in court
The government has been taken to court over its decision to deny European citizens the right to access data the […]
GDPR News
Google to pay $13 million over Street View data collection
Google has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement that could resolve a class-action lawsuit over the company’s collection of […]
‘Anonymised’ data can never be totally anonymous
An anonymised dataset is supposed to have had all personally identifiable information removed from it, while retaining a core of […]
European Data Protection Board Issues Opinion on U.S. CLOUD Act
On July 10, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued a joint […]
Russia is working on a Tor de-anonymization project
Hackers have stolen a massive trove of sensitive data and defaced the website of SyTech, a major contractor working for […]
FaceApp Reveals Huge Holes in Today’s Privacy Laws
Cameras are everywhere, and data brokers are vacuuming up information on individuals. But regulations have not kept pace. Facial recognition […]
Equifax Agrees to Pay Up to $700 Million to Resolve 2017 Breach
On July 22, 2019, the Federal Trade Commission announced that Equifax Inc. agreed to pay at least $575 million, and […]
Cookies and other tracking devices: the CNIL publishes new guidelines
Without waiting for the future ePrivacy regulation, which is currently under discussion at the European level and which is not […]
The Washington Post is preparing for post-cookie ad targeting
The Washington Post has internally developed a first-party data ad targeting tool called Zeus Insights, which offers contextual targeting capabilities. […]
First company to fail GDPR compliance shares tips
Location data company Teemo was the first to get busted for failing to comply under GDPR guidelines, but it was […]
The Browser Extensions Are Selling Your Personal Information
A new investigative report looks at just how your browser extensions are capturing and selling your Web history and private […]
This jewelry is a shield against face recognition
For now, it’s an art project, not a product—but it’s a powerful and stylish one. Nowak’s design must be molded […]