1 year into GDPR, ad industry braces for more fines
Complacency is a dangerous mistress. But it’s a trap many companies are in danger of falling into when it comes […]
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Three difficult lessons after first year of GDPR
One year is certainly not enough to judge the value of the reform that took six years to prepare and […]
Caught between data protection and trade sanctions?
The rapid evolution of the economic sanctions environment constitutes a compliance challenge for multinationals and financial institutions in particular. A […]
ENISA publishes report on Industry 4.0 Cybersecurity
The EU Agency for Cybersecurity ENISA is stepping up its efforts to foster cybersecurity for Industry 4.0 by publishing a […]
Don’t Acquire a Company Until You Evaluate Its Data Security
When Marriott International acquired Starwood in 2016 for $13.6 billion, neither company was awareof a cyber-attack on Starwood’s reservation system […]
Prince Harry beat paparazzi using GDPR
Prince Harry won a legal dispute with Splash News, a photo agency which used a helicopter to take pictures inside […]
The growing legal and regulatory implications of collecting biometric data
Although biometric technologies make the authentication experience easier, the actual collection and storage of the data is presenting new security […]
New Spanish Data Protection Act partly nullified by the Constitutional Court
On 22 May 2019 it was disclosed that the Spanish Constitutional Court had decided to nullify indent 2 of the […]
The US wants to copy Europe’s strict data privacy law – but only some of it
Lawmakers, lobbyists and CEOs in the U.S. are looking to trying to pick out the best parts of the EU’s […]
Apple has a plan to make online ads more private
Apple says it’s figured out some middle ground that keeps ads alive but without their nefarious ad tracking capabilities. The tech […]
Irish regulator investigates Google’s Ad Exchange
The Irish Data Protection Commission will look into whether Google’s Ad Exchange system is GDPR-compliant. Ad Exchange system is used […]
Dutch DPA Issues Opinion on Use of Cookie Walls
Recently, the Dutch Data protection Authority has taken the position that the use of so-called “cookie walls,” whereby website access […]