Privacy experts: GDPR will help consumers indirectly
The European Union’s new privacy protection rules are being described as a game-changing new standard that’s already being felt in […]
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Extent of how Canadians’ online data used ‘very surprising,’ MP says
A member of the parliament’s standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics says he and his colleagues “didn’t […]
Criminals use GDPR to scam Airbnb customers
Innocent people are being targeted with convincing phishing emails as company’s check they’re complying with privacy laws. According to security […]
NSA Spied On 534 Million US Calls In 2017
The NSA collected “call detail records” from over 500 million Americans’ phone calls in 2017, over three times the number […]
Ethically Scraping and Accessing Data: Governments Desperately Seeking Data
As cities get smarter, their appetite and access to information is also increasing. The rise of data-generating technologies has given […]
Facebook to introduce Clear History privacy tool in coming months
It’s like clearing your web browser history, but this time for Facebook’s wealth of data on your interactions. Facebook has […]
When Online Dating Met Facebook
At this week’s Facebook Developer Conference, or F8, the social network company announced that it will begin introducing online dating […]
How the internet tricks you out of privacy using ‘dark patterns’ of design
Deceptive design nudges, tricks and goads you into sharing more than you might intend to online — when you think […]
NIST challenge targets better de-identification techniques for public data
One barrier to opening up valuable government datasets is making sure that all necessary personally identifiable information (PII) is removed beforehand — a […]
The True Global Effect of the GDPR
“European data protection rules will become a trademark people recognise and trust worldwide”. That is how, in January 2012, Viviane […]
Greek DPA “further elaborates” on processing of data stored in corporate computers
The Hellenic data protection authority (‘HDPA’) issued, on 19 April 2018, Decision No. 34/2018 on a complaint filed by a […]
Russia’s Draft law proposes data subjects “choose processing purposes”
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (‘Minsvyaz’) issued, on 25 April 2018, a draft Federal […]