Enhancing User Control Outside a Traditional “Privacy Dashboard”
Privacy dashboards are often put forward as a potential solution to the vexing problem of offering individuals control over their […]
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Draft law to implement EU data protection rules in Romania
The Romanian government has published for public debate draft legislation intended to implement the mandatory provisions of the EU’s General […]
What makes a great DPA?
Data protection authorities come in all shapes and sizes, with various budgets, staffing levels, and remits. Some also oversee freedom […]
The GDPR’s likely impact on Asian organizations
While the EU General Data Protection Regulation’s extra-territorial reach is generally well known by this point, there is still a […]
Differential privacy at the end of the rainbow
Apple’s heavily-marketed but proprietary implementation of differential privacy is no longer secret. Researchers at the University of Southern California, Indiana […]
Fitness Tracking Startups Are Sweating Due to EU Privacy Regulators
Startups hoping to sell health tracking devices and software to corporate customers are worried European regulators will torpedo their business model. […]
They say privacy’s hiring … But who?
Anyone who’s been paying attention to the privacy and data protection landscape knows this if they know anything at all: […]
I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets.
The dating app knows me better than I do, but these reams of intimate information are just the tip of […]
Forget IDs, you may soon use biometrics to enter airports
The government has begun work on ensuring a completely paperless aircraft boarding process under which a mobile phone is all […]
CNIL Updates Privacy Seals on Governance Procedures and Training Programs to Comply with GDPR
On September 20, 2017, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) announced that it has updated two standards on privacy seals […]
EU-US Privacy Shield review underway and report expected in late October
Speaking at the 39th International Conference of Privacy Commissioners in Hong Kong on 25 September, Shannon Coe from the US […]
Turning Off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in iOS 11 Doesn’t Actually Turn Off Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
Turning off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi when you’re not using them on your smartphone has long been standard, common sense, advice. […]