UK PM confident of maintaining data protection standards post-Brexit
This afternoon, Theresa May, Prime Minister, spoke about data protection law as part of her major policy speech in London […]
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UK’s immigration officials to continue to seek patient data
Ministers have rejected a call from MPs to immediately suspend the disclosure of confidential NHS patient data to the Home […]
CNIL flexible on enforcement of new obligations for first months of GDPR regime
France’s Data Protection Authority, the CNIL, announced last month that in the first months of implementation of the GDPR, it […]
New Zealand’s DPA releases Data Subject Access Tool
Under the Privacy Act, you have the right to ask for personal information about you. Here’s an easy way to ask […]
Lead Acquisition at Events, GDPR Style
I am certain that there is likely to be nobody reading this blog who has never been to a trade […]
Data Protection Commissioner to investigate State CCTV schemes
The Data Protection Commissioner is to carry out a special investigation into CCTV schemes across the State, and the potential […]
Affiliate marketing industry needs to clean up its act in terms of privacy law compliance
An international operation has found that the affiliate marketing industry has significant issues to overcome in terms of compliance with […]
Data retention crucial to investigating serious crime
A lawyer who reviewed the UK’s anti-terror laws has told the High Court the use of data retained by telecommunications […]
Germany’s top court accepts complaint against country’s data retention regime
Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has accepted a complaint filed by the activist group Digital Courage and the Working Group against […]
Community CCTV schemes raise concerns over data protection
Community CCTV schemes, mostly funded by the Department of Justice, have expanded enormously in recent years, particularly in response to […]
Toronto smart city plan faces privacy concerns
Sidewalk Labs, the unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. selected to help transform a parcel of land known as Quayside, […]
Facebook nudged grade-school children during testing of Messenger Kids
Facebook says getting children to communicate on its Messenger Kids app took nudging, even though experts they consulted for the […]