Spain approves royal decree to overcome GDPR uncertainty
The Spanish government has approved a Royal Decree designed as a temporary measure to reconcile contradictions between existing Spanish data […]
GDPR News
Fiat Chief’s Death Raises Privacy Questions
Car boss Sergio Marchionne’s surprise death raises awkward questions about how much information ailing executives or their companies need to […]
Majority of companies fear 3rd-party vendors make them vulnerable to GDPR legal risks
Only 32 percent of companies say they are fully GDPR-compliant, according to the Demandbase/Demand Metric report. The report does show that […]
Police can now access your iPhone without your help
A newly developed tool aimed at cracking the code of Apple iPhones is being pursued or already in the hands […]
Businesses overconfident on how much consumers trust them to handle sensitive data
As cybersecurity concerns rise, a new report from CA Technologies reveals a disconnect between consumers and professionals when it comes […]
Jourová Puts Trump administration on notice with letter to America
Věra Jourová, The EU Commissioner for Justice, has written to the US Commerce Secretary, warning that the US has three […]
Genetics testing companies agree on rules to share data
Ancestry, 23andMe and other popular companies that offer genetic testing pledged on Tuesday to be upfront when they share users’ […]
Supreme Court to hear Facebook appeal over data transfers referral
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unprecedented appeal by Facebook over a High Court judge’s decision to refer […]
ePrivacy rapporteur furious over Austria’s limited ambition
The European Parliament’s lead rapporteur on the ePrivacy Regulation has responded with fury to the news that the Austrian presidency […]
Canada is using ancestry websites to help deport people
Canada’s border agency has used ancestry.com and familytreedna.com to establish nationalities of migrants — even contacting users. Source: Canada is […]
Modernized CoE Convention 108: A global standard on data protection
The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers recently adopted “Amending Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Individuals with […]
Iran unveils bill to protect citizens’ online privacy
Iran has unveiled a bill which would be meant to protect the personal data of its citizens on the Internet […]