Safari in Arms Race Against Trackers – Criteo Feels the Heat
Criteo is an ad company. You may not have heard of them, but they do retargeting, the type of ads […]
GDPR News
UK: GDPR and the Public Sector
The Crown Commercial Service has this week published a Procurement Policy Note explaining how upcoming changes under the General Data […]
A Cute Toy Just Brought a Hacker Into Your Home
Amid the holiday shopping season, cybersecurity researchers warn that new, interactive toys are vulnerable to many hacking threats. Source: A […]
UK’s DPA seeks comment on draft Children and GDPR guidance
Fairness, transparency and accountability are essential for all data processing, but this is especially relevant when children are accessing online […]
Privacy in 2017: A year in review
A year ago on this blog, while reflecting on the year in privacy for 2016, I wrapped things up by […]
Australia: surveillance at workspace
The rise of smartphones means that businesses and their employees are using social media at unprecedented levels as a working […]
Under the GDPR, does processing personal data “in the public interest” include “function creep”?
What finer way to send blog readers on their happy way to the end of year’s festivities but to pose […]
France: Accelerated GDPR bill reflects “limited scope”
21 December 2017 The Ministry of Justice published, on 13 December 2017, a draft law to amend Act No. 78-17 […]
GDPR will mean changes for company share plan administration
New EU-wide data protection rules which come into force on 25 May will change the basis on which companies can […]
In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
China is taking the idea of a credit score to the extreme, using big data to track and rank what […]
Managing Your Identity on Facebook with Face Recognition Technology
Facebook is announcing new, optional tools to help people better manage their identity on Facebook using face recognition. Powered by […]
You Give Up a Lot of Privacy Just Opening Emails. Here’s How to Stop It
Billions of emails are opened every day by people who have never consented to be tracked, but are being tracked […]