Stop Calling It “Incidental” Collection of Americans’ Emails
We have been told that the acquisition of Americans’ private communications through Section 702 program is “incidental” and that the […]
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New global cybersecurity center announced at Davos
The World Economic Forum announced plans Wednesday to launch a new coordinating group to counter emerging cybersecurity threats and help […]
How DPA Budget and Staffing Levels Mirror National Differences in GDP and Population
This IAPP Westin Research Center report analyzes privacy regulators’ budget and staffing levels. Using data from the International Conference of […]
NIST Issues Draft Report on Blockchain
In January of 2018, NIST issued a roughly 60- page Draft NIST Interagency Report (NISTIR) 8202: Blockchain Technology Overview . […]
New U.S. defense bill targets drones, raises potential privacy and security concerns
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (NDAA), signed into law in December 2017, did not only authorize United States […]
The Looming Battle over the GDPR and the Purpose of Whois in ICANN
ICANN Corp seems to have finally taken the tension between Whois and privacy rights seriously, thanks to the impending General […]
UK to fine critical organizations up to $24M if they fail to put in strong cyber security
As companies gear up to make themselves complaint with upcoming data protection regulations in Europe around GDPR, those doing business […]
Supreme Court To Hear Arguments In Microsoft Email Privacy Case In February
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on February 27 in United States vs. Microsoft, a case that could decide whether […]
Facebook to hand privacy controls to users ahead of EU law
Facebook will make it easier for its more than 2 billion users to manage their own data in response to […]
CNIL updates its PIA software
The CNIL – French data protection authority – published a new beta version of its open source PIA software. Several […]
Was 2017 the year of the breach?
This article is part of an ongoing series on privacy program metrics and benchmarking for incident response management, brought to […]
GDPR Conundrums: The GDPR applicability regime – Controllers
The scope provisions of the national GDPR implementation laws wildly differ and will lead to unacceptable accumulation and incompatibility of […]