2 Billion Unencrypted Records Leaked In Marketing Data Breach
Another day, another mega data breach. Except this one is different. More than two billion unencrypted records with very detailed […]
GDPR News
EDPB Releases Overview on the Implementation and Enforcement of the GDPR
On February 26, 2019, the European Data Protection Board presented its first overview on the implementation of the GDPR and […]
NIST’s Privacy Framework Starts to Take Shape
The Privacy Framework is being developed to be risk-based/outcome-based and non-prescriptive, unlike the GDPR. The National Institute of Standards and […]
Twitter Boosts Feature to Plug Personal Data Sharing
Twitter on Thursday added to efforts to address concerns over privacy protection on social media. The company announced an update […]
Is encrypted data personal data under the GDPR?
As businesses across the world have begun adjusting to life under the EU General Data Protection Regulation, an important question […]
GDPR compliance boosts business, study shows
Businesses that are embracing the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) enjoy increased efficiency and are more attractive to investors, […]
The Netherlands DPA states cookie wall not allowed
On 7 March 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) created quite some buzz in the online Dutch (advertising) industry: […]
Zuckerberg posts Facebook mission statement on privacy and encryption
On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg published a more-than-3,000-word blog post that seems to declare a major shift in Facebook’s […]
Email verification service leaks 800 million records
An online email verification service has taken itself offline after approximately 809 million of its customers’ emails were exposed through […]
Is there a way to use Facebook without giving up my privacy?
Facebook is useful for keeping in touch with friends and family, but you do really have to give it all […]
Google is making it easier for AI developers to keep users’ data private
Google has announced a new module for its machine learning framework, TensorFlow, that lets developers improve the privacy of their […]
Taxing your privacy
Data collection through mobile tracking is big business. For consumers, protecting yourself against the who, what and where of data […]