UK’s Draft GDPR Implementation Law: The Starting Point
On September 13, the U.K. government introduced in Parliament the Data Protection Bill. The main aim of the bill is […]
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New Cybersecurity Guide for Small and Medium Businesses
The Center for Internet Security (CIS) recently published CIS Controls: Implementation Guide for Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). This guide […]
Forget Killer Robots—Bias Is the Real AI Danger
John Giannandrea, who leads AI at Google, is worried about intelligent systems learning human prejudices. Source: Forget Killer Robots—Bias Is […]
Will Healthcare Blockchain Resolve Data Privacy Concerns?
Black Book found that many healthcare leaders believe healthcare blockchain can resolve concerns in patient record sharing and data privacy. […]
The role of the data protection officer according to the Italian privacy authority
The role of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) and what requirements needs to meet has now been partially clarified by […]
CNIL Publishes GDPR Guidance for Data Processors
On September 29, 2017 the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published a guide for data processors to implement the new […]
Las Vegas tragedy reignites encryption debate
As law enforcement works to understand what motivated gunman Stephen Paddock, his technology habits have come into focus. Source: Las […]
UK Home Secretary embarrassingly ignorant about encryption
As the UK’s Home Secretary, Amber Rudd occupies one of the most important roles in the government. Her job, put […]
Takeaways from the ECHR employee monitoring decision
A recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in Barbulescu v. Romania, no. 61496/08 affirms the right of […]
Europe’s Courts Decide: Does U.S. Spying Violate Europe’s Privacy?
In a long-awaited decision on whether and how Europeans’ private data can be protected from the roving eyes of the […]
Let’s take back control of our data – it’s too precious to leave to the tech giants
Almost everything we do – keeping in touch, online shopping, watching television – leaves a data trail. The resulting data-sets […]
In defence of the new privacy experts
The growth in importance of privacy and data protection we have seen in recent years, which in Europe appears to […]