Spanish DPA’s decision fining Facebook “first to go into detail of massive scale processing”
14 September 2017 The Spanish data protection authority (‘AEPD’) announced, on 11 September 2017, that it had issued a decision […]
GDPR News
Privacy of London Tube Wifi Tracking
Users of public transportation are mainly interested in one thing: getting to the right place conveniently and fast . So […]
GDPR consent and fair processing
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 which comes into force in May 2018, will […]
Ahead of First Joint Review of Privacy Shield, Europeans Remain Skeptical as FTC Announces Enforcement Actions
On September 8, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced enforcement actions against three companies alleged to have falsely claimed […]
GDPR is coming, and many U.S. ad tech firms aren’t ready
Marketers and ad tech executives are finding it hard to escalate the GDPR to senior management outside of Europe. Source: […]
UK Government introduces Data Protection Bill in House of Lords
The Data Protection Bill was introduced into the House of Lords on 13 September 2017. It will replace the Data […]
Is your customers’ data protected from your employees?
Access by employees to customers’ data has to be subject to stringent privacy restrictions and limitations according to a decision […]
What U.S. multinational employers must do to prepare for the impending GDPR
Because the GDPR was drafted with the primary intention of protecting consumers who participate in the “digital economy,” determining how […]
Why The Sensitive Intersection of Race, Hate Speech And Algorithms Is Heating Up
How the debate about algorithms, programmers, and race dialogue reveals much about the social networks you use today. Source: Why […]
When Government Rules by Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
Agencies decline to release information about algorithms used for criminal justice, social welfare, and education. Source: When Government Rules by […]
EU Publishes Measures to Strengthen EU Cybersecurity Structures and Capabilities
On September 13, 2017, the European Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy […]
CIPL Issues Comments on the Proposal for an EU ePrivacy Regulation
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) issued a white paper on the Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. The White […]