We’re in the Uncanny Valley of Targeted Advertising
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and CEO, thinks people want targeted advertising. The “overwhelming feedback,” he said multiple times during his […]
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Belgian Privacy Commission Issues Recommendation on Data Protection Impact Assessment
The Belgian Privacy Commission (recently released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) on Data Protection Impact Assessment (“DPIA”) and the […]
B.C. Court Leaves Google Global Takedown Order Intact Pending Full Trial
A British Columbia court has denied Google’s request to vary an injunction requiring it to remove search results from its […]
Facebook to change terms of service for members outside Europe ahead of GDPR
The company says that despite the timing of the move, all users will have the same data privacy protections. Facebook […]
No boundaries for Facebook data: third-party trackers abuse Facebook Login
So far in the No boundaries series, we’ve uncovered how web trackers exfiltrate identifying information from web pages, browser password […]
Assessing the European Commission’s E-Evidence Proposals on Ten Human Rights Criteria
Earlier this week, CDT issued a list of 10 human rights criteria the the E-Evidence Directive and Regulation should meet. […]
A Tale of Two Poorly Designed Cross-Border Data Access Regimes
On Tuesday, the European Commission published two legislative proposals that could further cement an unfortunate trend towards privacy erosion in […]
NIST releases latest version of its Cybersecurity Framework
On April 16, 2018, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled Version 1.1 of its widely known Cybersecurity […]
Chile’s Data protection bill “of great significance” approved for consideration
The Senate voted, on 3 April 2018, to approve for consideration a bill to regulate the protection and processing of […]
The Facebook Privacy Setting That Doesn’t Do Anything at All
For years, Facebook has left a privacy setting on its site that addresses a problem that no longer exists. But […]
Cloud data privacy for businesses unclear after Supreme Court drops Microsoft case
The case led to the CLOUD Act, which requires tech companies comply with court orders for data stored in the […]
Facebook starts to roll out GDPR notifications and consent requests
The company may have an uphill battle ahead to get users to share personal data. Facebook previously announced that it […]