UK DPA advises businesses to review their data processing contracts
Businesses have been advised to review their existing data processing contracts to ensure that they comply with new EU data […]
GDPR News
EU Council Publishes Proposed Amendments on Draft ePrivacy Regulation
On September 8, 2017, the Council of the European Union published its proposed revisions to the draft ePrivacy Regulation, which […]
EU looks to extra spending, diplomacy to bolster cyber security
The European Commission wants to bolster cyber security in the EU by increasing investment in technology, setting stricter consumer safeguards […]
Apple is facing privacy questions from the Senate on iPhone X, Face ID
Sen. Al Franken wants to know how Apple will handle law enforcement requests. Source: Apple is facing privacy questions from […]
Acxiom’s European Privacy Officer (Mostly) Demystifies GDPR
GDPR was supposed to establish what sort of data sites can collect without asking for an opt-in. However, a part of […]
Study finds more than third of global orgs unsure if GDPR compliant
A recent study found 37 percent of global organizations are unsure if they need to comply with the EU’s GDPR […]
Europe’s top court must rule on UK spies’ bulk powers
The oversight court for the UK’s intelligence agencies has said Europe’s top court should rule on the legality of powers […]
Germany’s GDPR implementation law, it’s just the beginning
The EU data protection reform package consisting of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (in German: Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, DS-GVO) and […]
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 […]
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 […]