How firms you have never interacted with can target your Facebook
Advertisers are seemingly able to access accounts with no input from the user. On one of Facebook’s myriad setting screens, […]
GDPR News
A flaw-by-flaw guide to Facebook’s new GDPR privacy changes
Facebook is about to start pushing European users to speed through giving consent for its new GDPR privacy law compliance […]
Arron Banks, the insurers and my strange data trail
Carole Cadwalladr just wanted to insure her car. Six months later, she found a mass of personal details held by […]
Facebook’s Blow To Third-Party Data Makes First-Party Data Even More Crucial
Facebook’s move to shut down its Partner Categories program helps it look good in the court of public opinion, shores […]
Why Police Should Monitor Social Media to Prevent Crime
Citizens may object to their social media mining by law enforcement, but the practice can keep the public safe. Police […]
How One Location-Based Data Firm Is Preparing for GDPR
Mobile location firms that collect latitude and longitude stats have been particularly scrutinized because the data is considered personal under […]
EU Commission proposes making fingerprints mandatory in ID cards
Identity cards held by EU citizens will be required to include digital images of the holder’s fingerprints as part of […]
Facebook enlists conservative help to resist privacy rules
An email seeking U.S. groups’ assistance against EU-style regulations came as Mark Zuckerberg was preparing to testify to Congress. Facebook […]
Denmark considers ‘data ethics council’ in wake of Facebook scandal
Minister for employment Troels Lund Poulsen has backed suggestions that an ethics council for the use of data could be […]
Essential structures for GDPR compliance
The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation will go into force May 25, after six years of preparation. The main […]
With GDPR in the Background, Digital Protectionism Is on the Rise
A protectionist mindset that’s been brewing politically worldwide for quite some time is suddenly at the doorstep of every digital […]
New EU fines will apply to ‘old’ data breaches
The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will require that companies that process personal data inform the relevant data […]