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 […]
GDPR News
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 […]
Equifax says more private data was stolen in 2017 breach than first revealed
The credit rating agency said it didn’t originally announce “potential” data points, like tax identification numbers, that “may have been […]
Mixpanel analytics accidentally slurped up passwords
The passwords of some people using sites monitored by popular analytics provider Mixpanel were mistakenly pulled into its software. Until […]
Company to Link Clothes to a Blockchain
In a test due to begin this year, L.L. Bean plans to ship clothing with sewn-in sensors that send data […]
Facial Recognition Is Accurate, if You’re a White Guy
Commercial software is nearly flawless at telling the gender of white men, a new study says. But not so for […]
Samsung and Roku Smart TVs Vulnerable to Hacking
Security and privacy testing by Consumer Reports of these smart-TV brands, along with LG, Sony, and Vizio, also reveals broad-based […]
European Commission outlines blockchain development plans
The European Commission outlined several of its efforts to develop a common approach on blockchain technology for the European Union. […]