Anatomy of a malicious script: how a website can take over your browser
What can a site do to you, or to your device, without your explicit consent? What happens when you visit […]
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Lithuania adopts new Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data
The Lithuanian Parliament finally passed the new Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data June 30. The adopted law came into […]
German court rules heirs can access Facebook account of deceased relatives
Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, a court said in a […]
‘Data is a fingerprint’: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online
So-called ‘anonymous’ data can be easily used to identify everything from our medical records to purchase histories. By analysing a mobile […]
Civil Liberties MEPs back stronger rules for EU institutions
Civil Liberties MEPs approved the deal reached with Council on new rules to strengthen data protection in EU institutions, bodies […]
US, EU must work together in wake of Facebook data breach
With investigations underway in both the U.S. and the EU following the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach, American and […]
Walmart’s Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns
Walmart just won a patent for audio surveillance technology that measures workers’ performance, and could even listen to their conversations […]
Are there risks of using public clinical trial data under GDPR?
Given that clinical trial documents contain personally identifying health information about trial participants, it is necessary to anonymize these documents. While […]
Post-GDPR, How Many Will Really Opt Out Of Personal Targeting?
If stricter opt-in dialogues brought by GDPR make mass opt-outs more likely, how might that affect the functioning of user […]
How Fracking Companies Use Facebook Surveillance to Ban Protest
Oil and gas companies are discrediting activists using social media to justify banning their protests. Three companies are currently seeking injunctions […]
Brazil’s Senate Passes General Data Protection Law
On July 10, 2018, Brazil’s Federal Senate approved a Data Protection Bill of Law. The bill, inspired by the EU […]
Lack of access to personal data does not unmake a joint controller
The Court of Justice of the EU decided in Case C-210/16 Wirtschaftsakademie that Facebook and the administrator of a fan […]