Navigating Privacy and Data Security Issues in Mergers, Acquisitions and Other Transactions
This article discusses how legal frameworks involving U.S. federal and state law, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, antitrust law […]
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French lawsuit accuses Google of violating EU privacy rules
A leading French consumer group has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Google of violating the European Union’s landmark 2018 privacy […]
Deidentification versus anonymization
Anonymization is hard. Just like cryptography, most people are not qualified to build their own. Unlike cryptography, the research is […]
Can Government Manage Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence can help government agencies deliver better results, but there are underlying risks and ethical issues with its implementation […]
CNIL issues fine of 20,000 euros against a small company in France regardin videosurveillance
The French data protection authority, the CNIL, announced on 18th June 2019 that it has issued a 20,000 euros fine […]
CNIL issues fine of 20,000 euros against a small company in France regardin videosurveillance
The French data protection authority, the CNIL, announced on 18th June 2019 that it has issued a 20,000 euros fine […]
Privacy Shield Ombudsperson Confirmed by US Senate
On June 20, 2019, Keith Krach was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become the Trump administration’s first permanent Privacy […]
FTC Takes Action Against Companies Misrepresenting Compliance with the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield
The Federal Trade Commission announced that it has taken action against a number of companies that allegedly misrepresented their compliance […]
ICO publishes update report on adtech
For several months ICO has been reviewing how personal data is used in real time bidding (RTB) in programmatic advertising, […]
Google rolled out secure data sharing tool
Google has rolled out the open-source tool to help organizations work together with confidential data sets while raising the bar for […]
Openly Operated wants to make privacy policies actually mean something
Openly Operated is a set of guidelines for auditing how apps and web services deal with user data, like a combination […]
Human error still the major cause of data breaches
More than half of all executives (53%) and nearly three in 10 Small Business Owners (28%) who suffered a breach, […]