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 […]
GDPR News
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, […]
Google faces probe for ‘violating’ location data privacy on Android devices
After Google reportedly confirmed the practice of gathering location data from Android devices even when the service was disabled by […]
Seen a Data Protection Officer Post? Consider carefully before applying…
It seems that my recent post on Data Protection Officer vacancies not being GDPR compliant within Higher Education has garnered […]
Expect A Contraction Of The Supply Chain In The Leadup To GDPR
The digital media supply chain is about to get a whole lot smaller thanks to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation […]
IT Security Spending to Reach $96 Billion in 2018
Identity access management and security services to drive worldwide spending growth. Source: Gartner: IT Security Spending to Reach $96 Billion […]
Lawsuits allege dozens of employers illegally forcing workers to provide fingerprints
Dozens of employers are allegedly breaking Illinois’ laws protecting unique biological information. Source: Lawsuits allege dozens of employers illegally forcing […]
Council of the EU weighs in on ePrivacy processing
As the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union wraps up this month, it put forward a new […]
Consumer injury and the challenge of IoT data security
The FTC is hosting a workshop on “informational injury,” asking about the “qualitatively different types of injuries” consumers experience “from […]
Here’s How Much GDRP Is Costing Media Companies
GDPR is proving to be quite costly. Prices only seem to be going up. Source: Here’s How Much GDRP Is […]
Yes, that Netflix tweet is creepy — and raises serious privacy questions
Netflix’s ability to extrapolate detailed and specific viewing habits from its vast data set leaves troubling questions about its employees’ […]
Certification and liability of the data controller
This paper aims to analyse a tool of the so-called “soft law”, that is the certification in the field of […]