Our intimate relationship with surveillance
It’s often true that privacy professionals talk about the datafication of our lives as being impersonal. In fact, however, data […]
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New screen at Piccadilly Circus could track people
The vast screen – which is around the size of four tennis courts – features facial and car recognition technology […]
Automated Decisions – A Right for Individuals or A Prohibition for Controllers?
The complexity of the EU General Data Protection Regulation is often alleviated by the guidance of regulatory authorities who contribute […]
EC Will Not Push For Encryption “Backdoors”, But Member States Might
The European Commission announced this week a package of counter-terrorism measures as part of its European Agenda on Security initiative. […]
The next revolution will be reclaiming your digital identity
Their promise is that our identities will be consolidated so that we have complete control over who accesses that information. […]
Brussels promises more police access to encrypted data, but no backdoors
The European Commission insisted that it does not want to weaken encryption as part of its latest push to give […]
Scope of rules on profiling not confined to solely automated processing
Laws that place restrictions on the ‘profiling’ of individuals do not just apply to data processing completed entirely automatically, EU […]
Holes in Australia’s privacy law
While Australia’s privacy law has made a good start in encouraging better security hygiene, it may not go far enough […]
Small businesses at risk of being overwhelmed by data protection burden
With eight months until the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), the countdown is well and truly on […]
Survey reveals lack of awareness of GDPR among company directors
Two in five company directors in the UK do not know whether new EU data protection laws will apply to […]
Expanding E-Verify is a Privacy Disaster in the Making
E-Verify is a massive federal data system used to verify the eligibility of job applicants to work in the United […]
The government’s report on AI doesn’t recommend regulating it
The review of artificial intelligence argues a new AI council should be created but it wouldn’t be in charge of […]