On Facebook and Twitter your privacy is at risk
Individual choice has long been considered a bedrock principle of online privacy. If you don’t want to be on Facebook, […]
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Facebook and Google back changes to laws which break encryption
Industry groups including the representative of tech giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and Amazon, have backed several Labor amendments to the […]
Japan considers applying domestic privacy rules to global tech giants
A communications ministry panel says Japan should consider a legal revision so it can impose “secrecy of communications” rules on […]
Russian Government Presses Twitter, Facebook Over Data-Storage Law
Russia’s communications watchdog has opened administrative proceedings against the U.S. social-media sites Twitter and Facebook for allegedly failing to comply […]
Legal proceedings to start following EU citizens’ immigration data access controversy
EU citizens have to launch a legal case against a law which stops people from gaining access to immigration data […]
Dutch SA initiates exploratory investigation into DPAs
The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “AP”) recently communicated a press release stating that it reached out to 30 organizations […]
Brexit – A Data Protection Action Plan
The proposed withdrawal agreement would have preserved the status quo in data protection terms, at least until the end of […]
Report reveals the dangers and trends of malware through 2018
Last year, the arrival of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation sent shockwaves through the world of data protection. Big […]
Will the GDPR incite sectoral codes of conduct?
The EU General Data Protection Regulation has given a new impetus to codes of conduct. According to Article 40, “Associations […]
The complicated truth about China’s social credit system
China’s social credit system isn’t a world first but when it’s complete it will be unique. The system isn’t just […]
Tim Cook demands a way for users to delete their personal data
The Apple CEO wants the FTC to set up a data-broker clearinghouse so people can see the data that companies […]
Facebook’s Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine
Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations that breached […]