Pro-privacy company Brave files GDPR complaint against Google
Brave filed a complaint with UK and Irish regulators over potential GDPR violations. The company, which develops the privacy-focused Brave […]
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Many US Facebook users have changed privacy settings or taken a break
Just over half of Facebook users ages 18 and older (54%) say they have adjusted their privacy settings in the […]
Brussels targets parties’ misuse of personal voter data
The EU is seeking the power to impose significant fines on European political parties that misuse voters’ personal data to […]
Is Blockchain The Answer To A Better Healthcare Industry?
The traditional systems that are being used in healthcare today are woefully lacking in the security that could be available. […]
Who controls your data?
There is an elephant in the room to address here: Understanding data privacy is fundamentally boring, if not unintelligible, to […]
Should People Sell Their Data?
“If privacy is truly a thing of the past, then people should at least profit off their own personal information.” […]
ICO warns on over-reporting of data breaches
Many businesses are disclosing minor personal data breaches to the UK’s data protection watchdog, wrongly believing that they have to […]
What We Mean When We Say “Data Portability”
“Data portability” is a feature that lets a user take their data from a service and transfer or “port” it […]
UK’s DPA Clarifies Position in Respect of International Transfers Under the GDPR
The UK’s supervisory authority for data protection, the Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO“), has published guidance in relation to international transfers […]
UK’s data watchdog seeks views on regulatory sandbox
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened a call for views on its planned new ‘regulatory sandbox’. The watchdog first outlined […]
GCHQ data collection regime violated human rights, court rules
UK’s spy agency GCHQ’s methods for bulk interception of online communications violated privacy and failed to provide sufficient surveillance safeguards, […]
Google fights against global ‘right to be forgotten’ in search
Lawyers for Google faced Europe’s top judges on Tuesday to argue against upholding the rights of European citizens to have […]