Draft EU CLOUD Proposal—Enabling Law Enforcement Access to Overseas Data
To strengthen cross-border cooperation in investigations,the European Commission has proposed legislation allowing EU Member State authorities to access, directly from […]
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Information commissioner’s powers to be enhanced in the UK
Businesses could be forced to hand over information to the UK’s data protection watchdog within 24 hours under new proposed […]
Deeper Dive: Drive Incident Response Preparedness & Response Improvement
One of the most important metrics in our report is the incident response (IR) timeline, which tracks the average time […]
EU moves to regulate tech giants’ business practices
Tech giants including Google, Apple and Amazon will for the first time face rules governing their commercial relations with smaller […]
The Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back
American companies that fall victim to data breaches want to retaliate against the culprits. But can they do so without […]
Cross-border data transfer
The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation will go into force May 25, after six years of preparation. It […]
Facebook bids to keep data privacy case from EU’s top court
Facebook bid on Monday to block referral of a landmark privacy case to Europe’s top court by requesting a last-ditch […]
GDPR: Lost in translation?
For privacy professionals who are not familiar with the EU’s legal culture: Even if you think you understand all the […]
FCC Defers Cambridge Analytica Investigation to FTC
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has said the FCC does not plan to investigate reports that Dish, Tivo and ComScore may […]
FTC Warns Foreign Companies that Online Services Might Violate COPPA
The staff of the Federal Trade Commission sent letters to two foreign companies that market electronic devices and apps that […]
Publishers rebuke Google’s interpretation of EU privacy law
Google is forcing media firms that generate revenue from its advertising services to accept unreasonable responsibilities under a new European […]
European Commission rolls out its proposal for a so-called eEvidence law
After many months of discussion and a public consultation, the European Commission presented its proposal for a “Regulation on cross-border […]