Russian hackers trading passwords of UK MPs and public officials
The login details of a thousand MPs and parliamentary staff, as well as 7,000 police employees and 1,000 officials at […]
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Ireland could face claims from citizens if public bodies illegally process data
Oireachtas committee told social media firms must identify whether users adults or children. Source: State could face claims for damages […]
Some free tech support for GDPR Article 30 (and beyond)
While there are some exceptions for small companies doing infrequent collections, if you’re collecting personal information from European citizens, the […]
Germany aims to store all users’ browsing data. But court says it’s breaking EU law
A law due to come into force in days in Germany on storing internet usage data breaks EU regulations, a […]
New NIST guidelines: security and privacy recommendations
NIST has published new guidelines relating to security and privacy (I noted recent NIST’s involvement in privacy engineering here ). […]
How ICANN is manipulating its GDPR discussions
As this blog post shows, ICANN’s management is now thinking about how to comply with the European General Data Protection […]
Supreme Court Rules Facebook Can’t Contract Out of B.C. Privacy Law
The Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark decision this morning on the enforceability of forum selection clauses in online […]
UK ICO Revises Subject Access Guidance Following Court Rulings
On June 20, 2017, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published an updated version of its Code of Practice on […]
New EU ePrivacy Regulation: European Parliament Committee Publishes Draft Report
The EU Parliament Committee in charge of reviewing the EU Commission’s Proposal for an e-Privacy Regulation (Proposal) recently released a […]
Germany Issues Ethics Report on Automated and Connected Cars
On June 20, 2017, the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure issued a report on the ethics of […]
A Cyberattack ‘the World Isn’t Ready For’
In May, a so-called ransomware attack hit computers in over 150 countries. But two weeks earlier, one security expert found […]
EDPS issues Newsletter on ePrivacy, Data Driven Life and more
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) issued Newsletter N°52 covering the EDPS Opinion on ePrivacy, work on data ethics through #DataDrivenLife workshop, […]