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 […]
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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 […]
Big Data Poses Special Risks for Children, Says UNICEF
Children are poorly represented in the debate about data collection, say UNICEF researchers. And that needs to change. Source: Big […]
US Consumers Less Likely To Share Email Addresses
Western consumers are less likely to share email addresses and other data with brands than people in developing countries. Source: […]
Denmark wants to check students search history
Denmark’s Education Minister Merete Riisager has proposed a new law that encourages students to grant schools access to their personal […]
Israeli DPA publishes guidelines on workplace surveillance
On Oct. 17, Israel’s data protection authority, which recently changed its name to the Privacy Protection Authority (formerly the ILITA), […]
Data Breaches Rose By 164% in First Half Of 2017
Companies have seen a “staggering” increase in data breaches, according to a study by Gemalto. Source: Data Breaches Rose By […]
Actionable insights: Privacy-incident volume over time
This article will focus on examples of actionable insights from a relatively straightforward privacy program metric: incident volume over time. Source: […]
Privacy rules to create jobs
Giovanni Buttarelli, the European data protection supervisor, says e-privacy reforms open up new job opportunities for small businesses in Europe […]
Survey of data security requirements in multistate breach settlements
Businesses that operate across state lines must comply with multiple state consumer protection statutes. Often these statutes include prohibitions against […]
The European Commission’s Privacy Shield Review Summarized
The European Commission, in its first review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield framework, has determined that the U.S. is in […]
EU privacy regulators increase pressure on WhatsApp over data sharing
EU privacy regulators rapped WhatsApp on the knuckles for not resolving concerns over the service’s sharing of user data with […]