Court to Facebook: Stop harvesting users’ WhatsApp personal data without consent
Facebook has lost its bid to collect the personal data of WhatsApp users in Germany — for now. In August […]
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Unroll.me backlash shows us exactly what’s wrong with privacy policies
The reaction to a recent report highlights the difference between how companies and consumers view data collection — and also […]
Beyond concerns about AI, consumers see usefulness — particularly in cybersecurity, privacy
Almost two-thirds of American consumers welcome advances in artificial intelligence and machine learning, and cybersecurity is among the areas where assistance […]
European Commission, experts uneasy over WP29 data portability interpretation
The European Commission has written to EU privacy regulators to express concern over their interpretation of the data portability clause […]
Technology use by sex traffickers fuels debate between privacy and security
Sex traffickers are growing more adept at using sophisticated technology to exploit people, especially tools to hide their identity and […]
Facebook Privacy Settlement Moves Forward
A federal judge in California has tentatively approved Facebook’s settlement of a class-action accusing the company of scanning users’ private […]
NFL Players Strike a Deal to Sell Their Biometric Data
Quietly flying under the radar in the fitness wearables market is Whoop, a manufacturer of high-end wrist-worn straps that measure […]
A guide to the Google ad-blocking conspiracy theories
The word on the street was that Google was pursuing an ad blocker for its Chrome browser. While even rivals […]
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 […]
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 […]