Together we can thwart the big-tech data grab. Here’s how.
Our lives, online and off, depend upon decentralising power on the internet, says the Guardian columnist John Harris. As the […]
GDPR News
CNIL Publishes Guidance on Data Sharing with Business Partners or Data Brokers
On December 28, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) published guidance regarding the conditions to be met by […]
Wearables in The Arena: The Shifting Legal Landscape Governing Fitness Trackers in Professional Sports
The use of wearable technology (colloquially known as “wearables”) has been on the radar of athletes, sponsors, sports teams and […]
Argentina DPA Issues Guidelines on Binding Corporate Rules
The Agency of Access to Public Information ( Agencia de Acceso a la Información Pública ) (“AAIP”) has approved a […]
Facebook shared private user messages with Netflix and Spotify
Firm bent its own data rules for major clients such as Amazon, Microsoft and Sony, report says Facebook gave Netflix […]
Finnish Data Protection Act enters into force after being “significantly delayed”
The Data Protection Act (1050/2018) entered into force, on 1 January 2019, following the Parliament of Finland’s approval on 13 […]
ICO updates data protection impact assessment guide
The revised guidance, published by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), contains changes in response to recommendations issued by an EU-wide […]
Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens
In 2014, Facebook filed a patent application for a technique that employs smartphone data to figure out if two people […]
Government issues draft data protection legislation to deal with Brexit
The draft legislation, The data protection, privacy and electronic communications (amendments etc) (EU exit) regulations 2019, have been prepared to ensure […]
British intelligence officials propose way to access encrypted group chats
Two British intelligence officials have proposed what they see as a potential solution to a key challenge facing law enforcement […]
Facebook Data Scandals Stoke Criticism That a Privacy Watchdog Too Rarely Bites
Lawmakers, consumer advocates and even former commission officials were clamoring for tough action against Facebook, arguing that it had violated […]
How Facebook Tracks Non-Users via Android Apps
If you quit Facebook or never joined because of its data collecting practices the odds are good the social network […]