Companies may try to bypass GDPR fines by negotiating with cybercriminals
Europol, the EU’s policing agency, released a report on September 18 in which they warned that EU data protection laws may […]
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China is building a digital dictatorship to exert control over its citizens
What may sound like a dystopian vision of the future is already happening in China. And it’s making and breaking […]
Brexit and data protection: Laying the odds
For those with responsibility for data protection compliance in the U.K. and abroad the question is a simple one: What […]
Do you know your third-party providers well?
To maintain your compliance, you will have to track your third-party suppliers and how they handle any customer record data […]
On large-scale data processing and GDPR compliance
On the definition of large-scale processing, the guidance is still scarce and data protection authorities opinions differ in this matter. It […]
Google still allows third-party apps scan your Gmail data
Gmail lets third-party developers integrate services into its email platform, such as trip planners and custom relationship management systems. Developers may […]
French cyber-security agency open-sources CLIP OS, a security hardened OS
The National Cybersecurity Agency of France, also known as ANSSI (Agence Nationale de la Sécurité des Systèmes d’Information), has open-sourced […]
FPF Releases Understanding Facial Detection, Characterization, and Recognition Technologies and Privacy Principles for Facial Recognition Technology in Commercial Applications
FPF has published the infographic Understanding Facial Detection, Characterization, and Recognition Technologies along with Privacy Principles for Facial Recognition Technology […]
Every vendor wants to be… a data controller?!
Closing data-related deals seemed so much simpler pre-GDPR, didn’t it? Remember the days when every enterprise customer was a controller […]
How to draft a GDPR-compliant retention policy
You need to be able to clearly define the period for which personal data will be stored or, if not […]
Fitbit-based life insurance is a potential privacy and security nightmare
John Hancock is the first US insurance company to ditch traditional life insurance policies entirely in favor of “interactive life […]
EU warns Facebook it faces sanctions over ‘misleading’ T&Cs
European Commission has warned Facebook it will face sanctions unless it changes what it calls its “misleading” terms and conditions. Facebook […]