Mozilla’s approach to sponsored content aims to protect privacy
For a few months now, Mozilla and Pocket have been testing a new initiative to bring users a high-quality personalized […]
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Tech firms have replaced government as biggest threat to privacy
Former CIA and former NSA chief Michael Hayden said Tuesday that technology firms have replaced the government as the biggest […]
Irish court rejects Facebook bid to delay EU data privacy case
Ireland’s High Court has refused a request by Facebook to delay referral to Europe’s top court of a landmark privacy […]
China Claims It’s Scanning Workers’ Brainwaves to Increase Efficiency and Profits
At a factory in Hangzhou, China, production line workers are allegedly being outfitted with brain-reading hats and helmets. They read […]
A Right to Be Forgotten in Canada?
Should Canada adopt its own version of the “right to be forgotten”? The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada […]
Article 29 Working Party Releases Updated Standard Application Forms for BCRs
On April 11, 2018, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted two Recommendations on the Standard Application for […]
Privacy by Design: Building a Privacy Policy People Actually Want to Read
Article 12 of GDPR mandates that privacy notices be “concise, transparent, intelligible and easily accessible”. Legal design is not just […]
The Romanian Draft Law regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
About two months before the data protection regulation is due to come into force, there was a Draft Law, designed […]
GDPR could stifle online brand enforcement
Brand owners are likely to face major new challenges when seeking to enforce their intellectual property rights online as a […]
EU: data-harvesting tech firms are ‘sweatshops of connected world’
The European data protection supervisor has hit out at social media and tech firms over the recent constant stream of […]
How GDPR Impacts Marketers: What You Need to Know
Are you confused by the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Wondering how GDPR affects your marketing? In this […]
Significant developments on adequacy findings between Japan and Europe
On 25 April 2018, Japan’s data protection authority published draft guidelines relating to adequacy findings for international personal data transfers […]