Artificial Intelligence: Privacy Promise or Peril?
Advanced algorithms, machine learning (ML), and artificial intelligence (AI) are appearing across digital and technology sectors from healthcare to financial […]
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Potential privacy lapse found in Americans’ 2010 census data
The age, gender, location, race and ethnicity for 138 million people were potentially vulnerable. So far, however, only internal hacking […]
Privacy Ops: The New Nexus for CISOs & DPOs
No longer can privacy be an isolated function managed by legal or compliance departments with little or no connection to […]
Austrian Data Protection Authority finalises investigation into Österreichische Post AG
The Austrian Data Protection Authority has finalised its investigation into the Austrian Post (Österreichische Post AG) and issued a decision […]
Hellenic DPA does “ex officio” GDPR compliance investigation
The Hellenic DPA, in order to a) explore the level of compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and […]
Companies worldwide recognize business benefits of privacy
Nearly all organizations worldwide are now recognizing that privacy investment is translating into upside business benefits. Organizations that have invested […]
EDPB issues new opinion on interplay between Clinical Trials Regulation and the GDPR
On January 23, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued an opinion on the interplay between the Clinical Trials […]
Glass houses: how much privacy can city-dwellers expect?
The recent court decision against the neighbours of Tate Modern in London belies a much wider problem – everyone is […]
Lawmakers want to question Facebook about the privacy of groups
Lawmakers are looking to question Facebook about its privacy practices after allegations that the service revealed sensitive health information in […]
What the US data protection law will mean for ad tech and marketers
It’s not just about GDPR and the California Consumer Privacy Act, marketers must be proactive about data privacy because a […]
Police departments force Google to hand over data on anyone near a crime scene.
Police departments are using “reverse location search warrants” to force Google to hand over data on anyone near a crime […]
Creating meaningful data protection out of US privacy proposals
The IAPP recently reviewed a set of proposals from U.S. lawmakers for a new piece of federal privacy legislation, as […]