Encryption keeps us safe. It must not be compromised with ‘backdoors’.
Allowing law enforcement agencies access to our data threatens a privacy that we all rely on, writes Robby Mook, Hillary […]
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Facebook personal data use and privacy settings ruled illegal by German court
Facebook’s default privacy settings and use of personal data are against German consumer law, according to a judgement handed down […]
EU regulators provide guidance for digital ‘on-boarding’ by financial firms
Financial firms should consider requiring customers to provide proof of identity from documentation containing “high security features or biometric data”, […]
Singapore finalises new Cybersecurity Act
The Cybersecurity Act will apply to organisations that are designated as operating ‘critical information infrastructure’ (CII) in Singapore. Organisations in […]
Employee who sold personal data to nuisance callers is fined
A former worker at an accident repair firm who downloaded and sold the personal data of motorists to nuisance callers […]
French Draft Data Protection Law One Step Closer to a Final Version
On 9 February 2018, the French National Assembly adopted at first reading the new draft data protection law implementing the […]
WP29 Presidency 2014 – 2018: Track Record
Over the 4 years, the Working Party was involved in key events and actions such as the CJEU’s Google Spain […]
UK’s FCA and DPA publish joint update on GDPR
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) have today published an update on the EU General […]
Luxembourg DPA approves the BCR of PayPal
The PayPal Group has adopted Binding Corporate Rules, which define its global data protection policy with regard to international transfers […]
Strong encryption makes us all safer
The home secretary has made a hash – or what she would call “a hashtag” – of her efforts to […]
Privacy advocates are wrong on connected cars
If privacy advocates get their way, getting an oil change will involve as much legal paperwork as going to the […]
GDPR applicability to processors
The applicability rules of the GDPR now also include processors. The reason for this inclusion is that the GDPR provides […]