How data protection impacts labor law
One of the aspects of digitalization is that it blurs the lines between personal and professional lives of employees. Such […]
GDPR News
What A29WP requires for Privacy Shield and when they want it?
At its 113th plenary meeting held on Nov. 28, 2017, in Brussels, the Article 29 Data Protection Working Party adopted […]
How the Contextual Integrity Framework Helps Explain Children’s Understanding of Privacy and Security Online
This post discusses a new paper that will be presented at the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work […]
The rise of privacy group action risk in UK
Two recent developments in the United Kingdom highlight the growing risk of privacy litigation and “group actions” which is likely […]
UK Information Commissioner Publishes Advice on BCR Applications under the GDPR
On November 20, 2017, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) published an article on its blog containing advice on applications […]
PayPal says personal data may be compromised for 1.6 million TIO users
PayPal Holdings Inc. said Friday that personally identifiable information for roughly 1.6 million users has potentially been compromised at a […]
Schrems moves from dismantling to assembling with new NGO
The famous, maybe infamous, Max Schrems, responsible for bringing down the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor agreement, is launching his own non-governmental […]
Anonymous DIY Cell Phone Network
Sopranica is a surveillance-free cellular network built by volunteers from around the world. It’s easy to use and free to […]
Responding to subject access requests
There’s nothing like a data subject access request to force an inter-departmental huddle. For U.S.-based DPOs, the exercise may feel […]
CNIL releases a free software for PIA
This user-friendly tool, available both in French and in English, unfolds the PIA methodology CNIL has been developing since 2015. […]
Mandatory data breach notification coming to Australia
Mandatory data breach notification (MDBN) becomes law in Australia on 22 February 2018. This is a high-impact development requiring businesses […]
Facebook to Temporarily Block Advertisers From Excluding Audiences by Race
The social network’s actions come after a ProPublica investigation revealed that Facebook failed to keep its promise to reject discriminatory […]