EU Commission Issues Questionnaire in Preparation for Annual Review of Privacy Shield
On June 2, 2017, European Commission has sent questionnaires to trade associations and other groups to prepare for the first annual […]
GDPR News
Preparing for the GDPR: A first look at the Irish Data Protection Bill
Last month, the Irish government published the General Scheme of the Data Protection Bill 2017 (the “Scheme”). This Scheme provides […]
CIPL Submits Comments to the Working Party’s Proposed GDPR DPIA Guidelines
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) at Hunton & Williams recently submitted formal comments to the Article 29 Working […]
Whistleblower Snowden warns of looming mass surveillance in Japan
Edward Snowden, who exposed extensive U.S. surveillance programs in 2013, warned this week that Japan may be moving closer to […]
Congress Fast-Tracks Bill That Would Give DHS Agencies Access To NSA Collections
As a parting gift to the incoming president, Barack Obama approved information-sharing rules which gave sixteen federal agencies access to […]
Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million Computers Worldwide
Fireball, a Chinese computer virus, has infected nearly 250 million computers worldwide. Source: Beware! Fireball Malware Infects Nearly 250 Million […]
Why Teens Need Privacy Online
Parents have nosed around in their kids’ lives ever since the invention of the telephone, but these days, technology has […]
Using your face or finger as a boarding pass
Two months ago, we reported on the first deployments of biometric technologies for passenger processing at some European airports and […]
Apple Reports a Blitz of National Security Requests
CNET reported on May 24 th that the number of national security orders issued to Apple by U.S. law enforcement […]
UK ICO Stresses Importance of Preparing for the GDPR and Addresses the ICO’s Role Post-Brexit
With just under one year to go before the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) becomes law across the European […]
Italian DPA’s adopts useful decision on legitimate interests
1 June 2017 The Italian data protection authority (‘Garante’) announced, on 25 May 2017, in its monthly newsletter, that it […]
Why the WannaCry outbreak should be a wake-up call
WannaCry, the ransomware that recently swept the world and brought down computer systems in more than 100 countries, can be viewed […]