UK class action accuses Google of unlawfully harvesting personal data
Lawsuit claims tech firm bypassed iPhone default privacy settings between June 2011 and February 2012, affecting 5.4m people. Source: UK […]
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As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
As our urban areas expand at an alarming rate, mass data collection appears to be the only way of keeping […]
European Court Holds Camera Surveillance of University Lecture Halls Violates Privacy
n the case of Antović and Mirković v. Montenegro, the European Court of Human Rights held that camera surveillance in […]
BYOD: Time to Fall Out of Love With It
We spend a lot of time trying to disabuse businesses of the notion that Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is […]
No boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by session-replay scripts
This is the first post in our “No Boundaries” series, in which we reveal how third-party scripts on websites have […]
Data breach management: how not to do it
The theft of personal data by malicious employees or third parties does not have to be a disaster. With appropriate […]
EFF launches Panopticlick 3.0
Today we’re launching a new version of Panopticlick , an EFF site which audits your browser privacy protection. Conceived to […]
ICO issues more GDPR guidance and confirms that BCRs will continue
The guidance, issued on 21 November, puts together information about guidance previously issued by the ICO, and links to guidance […]
EU privacy regulators set up task force to liaise on Uber hack probes
European Union privacy regulators said on Wednesday they had set up a task force to coordinate national investigations into ride-hailing […]
IAB Europe presents industry consent mechanism for meeting challenges under the GDPR
IAB Europe presented a new technical standard to support the digital advertising ecosystem in meeting requirements relating to user consent […]
ENISA publishes report on European Data Protection Certification mechanisms
ENISA publishes a report destined to familiarise data protection experts with the terminology of certification and to clarify concepts which […]
Uber’s data breach handling provides lessons for others ahead of GDPR
Businesses can learn lessons from the way that Uber handled a major data breach that hit the company last year, […]