Companies ignorant about data protection in the cloud
The level of ignorance within industry about data protection laws has been underlined by a survey that found nearly three-fourths […]
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Four Steps for Privacy Professionals to Get Security Savvy
As more CPOs need to interact with security, they need the right skills to integrate security into the privacy strategy […]
Woman Says Her Identity Has Been Stolen 15 Times Since Equifax Data Breach
“I want to share my story and make people aware that this can happen to anybody.” Source: Seattle Woman Says […]
Discovery of New Internet of Things (IoT) Based Malware Could Put a New Spin on DDoS Attacks
Slightly over one year ago, several major distributed denial-of-service (“DDoS”) attacks took place, including a major event affecting the domain […]
Most organisations are unclear about data storage and transfer arrangements
Most privacy notices displayed on websites and mobile apps do not explain to consumers the country in which collected personal […]
TrustArc: 64 percent of UK businesses have not started GDPR implementation
The results of a TrustArc survey earlier this year were far from encouraging: 61 percent of respondents, privacy professionals at […]
Confessions of a Cyber Security Vendor CEO: “We don’t have all the answers to GDPR”
The 25th of May 2018. For many, that date will have registered little interest when the first official draft of […]
Making a (privacy) statement
This week, the IAPP posted a new privacy statement . We encourage our members not only to read it so […]
Can Algorithms Send You to Prison? Apparently, Yes.
The New York Times reported in an opinion piece last week on a fascinating and disturbing story. In 2013, police […]
Dutch DPA: unlimited publication of WHOIS data violates privacy law
The unlimited publication of WHOIS-data of domain name registrants by Dutch registries is a violation of current Dutch privacy law. […]
Do Not Track Implementation Guide Launched
Today we are releasing the implementation guide for EFF’s Do Not Track (DNT) policy . For years users have been […]
ePrivacy Regulation: European Parliament says yes to Lauristin report
The European Parliament has approved the amended text of the EU ePrivacy Regulation, a.k.a. the Lauristin Report. What you should […]