Business fined after data subject access request failings
A business that failed to respond fully to a data subject access request and later ignored an enforcement notice served […]
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The Internet Is A Privacy Disaster. But We Still Don’t Know How To Talk About It.
We know our data has been left vulnerable, or sold, or misused. But do we really understand what that means […]
Lawsuit against weather app sign of things to come?
Last week , the office of the Los Angeles City Attorney, Mike Feuer, filed a complaint against The Weather Channel […]
BYOD and GDPR: Managing the compliance conundrum
Today’s employees want the freedom to work from any location and any device at any time of day. These individuals […]
Facebook staff discussed cashing in on user data
Proposals to charge firms for data said to have been revealed by badly redacted court papers Facebook staff discussed charging […]
EU court advised to limit scope of ‘right to be forgotten’
Search engines should not be forced to alter their search results for users outside of the EU when complying with […]
Beware Big Tech’s Data Privacy Doublespeak
IBM CEO Ginni Rometty inveighed against big tech companies abusing people’s data at a privacy conference in Brussels. Now IBM […]
GDPR May Add Up To $8.8B Marriott’s Data Breach Expenses
Marriott data breach is under investigation in several countries, where the hotel and resorts giant has a presence. In the […]
Should cyber officials be required to tell victims of cyber crimes they’ve been hacked?
Since early December Germany’s Federal Office for IT Safety (BSI for its German initials) had been tracking a cyber attack […]
The value of consent and user preference
The GDPR and related legislation are a direct response to the growing consumer need for transparency in data usage – […]
‘Right to be forgotten’ by Google should apply only in EU, says court opinion
The “right to be forgotten”, which enables claimants to request the removal of links to irrelevant or outdated online information […]
Survey: Americans Warming to Use of Facial Recognition Tech
A growing number of Americans are OK with the facial recognition technology, especially if it increases public safety, according to […]