Websites and online advertisers test limits of European privacy law
Businesses engaged in online advertising are taking divergent approaches to a new European data protection law, with some shutting services […]
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DPAs: Full steam ahead at the European Data Protection Board
The GDPR’s cooperation and consistency mechanism will now be put to a test at the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) […]
Analysis of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
As of January 1, 2020, companies around the world will have to comply with additional regulations related to processing of […]
Belgium Publised Draft GDPR Implementation Legislation
Belgium’s Parliament published a draft law on June 12 that aims to bring the country’s data protection legislation in line […]
Mexico joins the data protection convention
On June 19 Mexico acceded to the Council of Europe´s Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic […]
North American, UK, Asian regulators press EU on data privacy exemption
Financial watchdogs from North America, Britain and Asia are urgently seeking a formal exemption from the European Union’s tough new […]
Blockchain Could Solve the Data Privacy Problem
Blockchain technology creates counterfeit-proof information on a network we can trust. Instead of sharing our date of birth again and […]
Call for American GDPR
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old first time candidate in New York’s 12th district, wants America to have aggressive privacy regulations similar to […]
Dutch gov’t can keep Big Data law in current form, court rules
The government does not have to withdraw its new law on the Dutch intelligence and security services in its current […]
Against privacy defeatism: why browsers can still stop fingerprinting
Because of differences in operating systems, browser versions, fonts, plugins, and at least a dozen other factors, different users’ web […]
Domain names and WHOIS information in a post-GDPR world
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) having taken effect across the EU on 25 May 2018, this has meant […]
Poland regulates workplace monitoring
Until recently, the matter of video surveillance in the workplace has not been explicitly regulated by Polish law. However, the […]