New Austrian Data Protection Act implementing GDPR passed the Austrian Parliament
The first draft of the new Austrian Data Protection Act, which had been long awaited in view of the already […]
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German court rules bosses can’t use keyboard-tracking software to spy on workers
Are bosses going too far when they use spy software to track employees’ every keystroke? Apparently yes, according to a […]
House of Commons publishes briefing paper on Brexit and data protection
The House of Commons Library, which aims to provide impartial research and analysis to MPs and their staff, has published […]
Adsquare Intros Cross-Device Matching With Device IDs As The Foundation
Mobile data exchange adsquare is proposing an alternative method to cross-device matching: starting with device IDs rather than cookies as […]
Amazon suspends sales of Blu phones due to privacy concerns
Following a report that some Blu phones use an app that collects your data, Amazon has made them unavailable on […]
Checking that pesky ‘data mapping’ box
France’s data protection authority, the CNIL, has produced a helpful six-step methodology for organizations preparing to comply with the EU’s […]
64 member GPEN intensifies work on international enforcement
The Data Protection Authorities’ Global Privacy Enforcement Network, GPEN, has increased its information exchange by way of conference calls. The […]
New UK Data Protection Bill to be published next month
Proposed new UK data protection laws are set to be outlined by the government in September, according to media reports. […]
FTC Posts Second Blog in Its “Stick with Security” Series
On July 28, 2017, the FTC published the second blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As we previously […]
How an online wedding registry in my name appeared out of thin air
It’s not so much secrecy, but our ability to control how we present ourselves in the world. Source: How an […]
It is easy to expose users’ secret web habits, say researchers
Porn browsing habits and confidential documents are found in supposedly anonymised data. Source: It is easy to expose users’ secret […]
The Guardian view on a Swedish scandal: the precedence of privacy
Governments forget at their peril that they must nowadays guard their citizens’ data as carefully as they guard their physical […]