Unroll.me Service Faces Backlash Over a Widespread Practice: Selling User Data
Unroll.me, a free service to unsubscribe from email lists, can scour people’s inboxes for receipts from services like Lyft and […]
GDPR News
Watchdog queries scope of rules on ‘profiling’ under the GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has identified an anomaly between the definition of profiling in the GDPR and how profiling […]
German DPA Publishes English Translation of Standard Data Protection Model
On April 13, 2017, the North Rhine-Westphalia State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information published an English translation […]
Working Party Adopts Opinion on Proposed ePrivacy Regulation
On April 4, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on the Proposed Regulation of the […]
Germany: DPAs try and find “common and practical approach” with Standard Data Protection Model
The German Federal and State Commissioners (‘the Commissioners’) released, on 14 April 2017, a Standard Data Protection Model (‘SDP Model’), […]
Is Data Protection Law Growing Teeth? The Current Lack of Sanctions in Data Protection Law and Administrative Fines under the GDPR
This article looks at the current lack of enforcement and sanctions in European Data Protection Law with a particular focus […]
e-Privacy Regulation; towards stricter rules for online marketing and IoT communications?
The Article 29 Working Party has issued an Opinion on the draft e-privacy regulation proposed by the European Commission on […]
Regulators Comment on Proposed ePrivacy Law Reforms
Things move fast in the world of privacy and data protection. Recently, the collective group of EU data protection authorities, […]
EDPS issues opinion on ePrivacy regulation
EDPS has adopted opinion on ePrivacy regulation calling for strong and smart new rules to protect confidentiality of communications. Read […]