UK will keep ‘half an eye’ on ECJ rulings after Brexit, says justice minister
Dominic Raab’s comment comes on day that policy papers repeat government’s insistence that authority of ECJ ends in March 2019. […]
GDPR News
Sonos says users must accept new privacy policy or devices may “cease to function”
The sound system maker will not allow existing customers to opt-out of the new privacy policy. Source: Sonos says users […]
How Facebook prioritizes privacy when you die
Should your parents be able to read your Facebook messages if you die? Facebook explained why it won’t let them […]
Big brother in Berlin: Face recognition technology gets tested
From August, a train station in Berlin will be the testing ground for surveillance cameras with biometric face recognition capability. […]
Brexit: UK seeks data transfer pact with EU
The government’s latest Brexit paper discusses how data transfers will be affected by leaving the EU. Source: Brexit: UK seeks […]
Walmart partners with Google on voice-activated shopping
The world’s largest retailer said Wednesday it’s working with Google to offer hundreds of thousands of items from laundry detergent […]
Businesses can obtain a ‘competitive advantage’ if they ‘get data protection right’
Businesses can obtain a “competitive advantage” if they “get data protection right”, a senior official at the UK’s Information Commissioner’s […]
Retailers’ web tracking can expose ‘real world identity’ of bitcoin users
Consumers who elect to pay for goods and services online using the cryptocurrency ‘bitcoin’ can have their identities exposed when […]
Germany Publishes English Version of its National GDPR Implementation Act
The German Ministry of Interior affairs has published an English translation of the new Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – […]
Podcast: Crisis Management After a Data Breach
In the latest edition of our Legal Talk Network Digital Detectives podcast , John and I were lucky to snag […]
Liberty and Security in the Proposed Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017
On August 1, Sens. Mark Warner and Cory Gardner introduced the “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017.” The […]
U.S. Government Cybersecurity Lags Behind That of a Fast Food Joint
A new report ranks U.S. federal government cybersecurity behind that of the fast food industry. Source: U.S. Government Cybersecurity Lags […]