Google Will Stop Reading Your Emails for Gmail Ads
Google is stopping one of the most controversial advertising formats: ads inside Gmail that scan users’ email contents. The decision […]
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Under pressure, Western tech firms bow to Russian demands to share cyber secrets
Western technology companies, including Cisco, IBM and SAP, are acceding to demands by Moscow for access to closely guarded product […]
DPO function at Facebook
Facebook’s data protection officer will sit within its global privacy policy team, not in legal, and will reside in Ireland, […]
What is the future of privacy, surveillance and policing technologies under Trump?
As law enforcement technologies are improving, there’s been little talk in the administration about privacy rights in the digital age. […]
WP29 on financial data transfers, guidance schedule
The Article 29 Working Party, the collected data protection authorities in the EU, released more information today regarding work completed […]
Over Half of UK Small to Medium Sized Businesses Uncertain of Brexit Impact on GDPR
A year after the UK voted to leave the European Union, new research from Webroot, the market leader in endpoint […]
Under the GDPR, subject-access requests will change for controllers
Under the forthcoming General Data Protection Regulation, data subjects have a right to access their personal data held by a […]
The Italian Data Protection Authority restricts the monitoring of employees’ internet and email use
The Italian Data Protection Authority (“IDPA”) issued its first decision interpreting the amended Section 4 of the “Workers’ Bill of […]
GDPR is an opportunity to create new infosec systems and cultures
Firms could gain competitive advantage by developing their cybersecurity and information systems around the requirements of GDPR. Source: GDPR is […]
How A Company You’ve Never Heard Of Sends You Letters About Your Medical Condition
In the summer of 2015, Alexandra Franco got a letter in the mail from a company she had never heard […]
The 15 Worst Data Breaches of the 21st Century
It’s not exactly an honor roll that CSO has published , but it sure makes for interesting reading. Hat tip […]
Spoof audit gives Bavarian businesses taste of life under the GDPR
A data protection watchdog in Germany has asked 150 businesses to complete a “fictitious audit report” to detail how prepared […]