UK’s DPA promises to ‘reward’ compliance in new regulatory action plan
Businesses committed to complying with data protection laws in the UK are less likely to face fines for breaching their […]
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St. Kitts and Nevis’ legislators pass Data Protection Bill
Data Protection Bill 2018 passed May 4 to promote the protection of personal data processed by public and private bodies. […]
European regulators: We’re not ready for new privacy law
Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been billed as the biggest shake-up of data privacy laws since the birth […]
What Zuckerberg Forgot To Mention… Profiling
This is why we need real data protection – not just better privacy settings! Like many Facebook users around the […]
EU Member States plan to ignore EU Court data retention rulings
EU Member States are exploring all possible options to keep, and in fact expand, their current data retention regimes. The […]
Facebook to Reorganize After Scrutiny Over Data Privacy
The social network overhauled itself into three new divisions and shuffled the leadership of its key businesses in one of […]
National Standard on Personal Information Security Goes into Effect in China
On May 1, 2018, the Information Security Technology – Personal Information Security Specification went into effect in China. The Specification […]
Belgian Data Commissioner Issues GDPR White List and GDPR Black List for Processing Operations
The Belgian Commission for the Protection of Privacy has created a set of recommendations which outline the way in which […]
Russia’s Watchdog May Block Facebook If Network Fails to Comply With Laws
The Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor might raise the issue of blocking Facebook if the social network fails to relocate the […]
Report reveals dangerous lack of oversight of secret global surveillance networks
A major new report published today by Privacy International has identified alarming weaknesses in the oversight arrangements that are supposed to […]
Facebook fined $33 million for failing to provide user data to Brazil court
The judge fined Facebook for failing to give access in 2016 to WhatsApp messages exchanged by individuals under investigation for […]
Sophisticated Android malware tracks all your phone activities
An advanced type of malware can spy on nearly every Android smartphone function and steal passwords, photos, video, screenshots and […]