Portugal: Data retention sent to the Constitutional Court
A new chapter is expected to soon be written in the long battle between lawmakers and the Constitutional Court in […]
GDPR News
U.S. Blames Russia for Cyber Attacks on Energy Infrastructure
On March 15, 2018, the Trump Administration took the unprecedented step of publicly blaming the Russian government for carrying out […]
Data breach and the GDPR
Security incidents are common. Perhaps someone leaves a secure door unlocked or a sensitive paper file exposed on their desk. […]
AEPD guidelines on risk assessments and data protection impact assessments
To facilitate compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation, the Spanish Data Protection Agency, or AEPD, has published data protection […]
Man who gave interviews about his crimes asks court to delete Google results
The Right to be Forgotten trial has heard arguments on whether a man who gave interviews about his criminal past […]
We can’t allow big tech companies thwart the ‘right to remember’
The European Union recently adopted laws embodying a proposed “right to be forgotten,” to protect individuals from eternal memorialization of […]
Why Blockchain Technology Is the Answer for Big Data Regulation
With the upcoming EU regulations on big data in the form of the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the […]
50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach
The data analytics firm that worked with Donald Trump’s election team and the winning Brexit campaign harvested millions of Facebook […]
GDPR Compliance Requires Looking at the Big Customer Data Picture
Imagine the impact an organization would feel if it was legally obligated to fulfill 200 complex and comprehensive data requests […]
Most lawyers don’t understand cryptography. So why do they dominate tech policy debates?
On Wednesday, the Trump administration appointed the renowned computer science professor Ed Felten to the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight […]
Companies rushing to hire data protection officers pre-GDPR
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) set to go into effect at the end of May, companies are hiring […]
Uber to share its London data in latest charm offensive
Uber is fighting to keep its 40,000 drivers operating on the roads of Britain’s capital city, its most important European […]