Congress Can Crack Down On Tech Companies, But It Can’t Do Much To Their Algorithms
Within an hour of the House Intelligence Committee’s Wednesday hearing with Facebook, Google, and Twitter, Rep. Adam Schiff, the committee’s […]
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Dutch DPA allows DFW’s processing of personal data for copyright infringement purposes
14 December 2017 The Dutch data protection authority (‘AP’) announced, on 7 December 2017, that it had authorised film distributor […]
OTA Audits Email Trustworthiness of Online Retailers
Reston, VA – The Online Trust Alliance (OTA), an Internet Society initiative, today released its 2017 Email Marketing & Unsubscribe […]
CoE invites Mexico to accede to Convention 108!
The Committee of Ministers (1302nd bis meeting of 13 December 2017) agreed to the request of Mexico to be invited […]
Analyzing changes in DPA Income and Staff, from 2011 to 2016
Using data from the IAPP’s 2011 Global Survey, which queried data protection authorities about staff size and budget, and the […]
New York City Takes on Algorithmic Discrimination
Invisible algorithms increasingly shape the world we live in, and not always for the better. Unfortunately, few mechanisms are in […]
Proposed E-Privacy Regulation In Trilogue Phase
Nearly a year ago, on 10 January 2017, the EU Commission released the proposed ePrivacy Regulation. The tree main areas […]
A tagging approach to PIAs in agile software development
Agile software development is a state-of-the-art methodology that speeds up development and focuses on adaptability. It is estimated that more […]
All EU bodies must follow same data protection rules, Parliament insists
The new data protection rules for EU institutions, bodies and agencies must cover all EU bodies to ensure strong and […]
Manipulated Data: The Worst Hack of All?
In the wake of many high profile data breaches, we may have been oblivious to the potentially greater danger posed […]
What’s in the WP29 update on transfers to third countries?
The Article 29 Working Party has released an update to Chapter 1 of its working document on transfers of personal […]
Trump signs into law U.S. government ban on Kaspersky Lab software
President Donald Trump signed into law on Tuesday legislation that bans the use of Kaspersky Lab within the U.S. government, […]