The privacy and antitrust worlds are starting to cross over
Those who have been paying attention to the antitrust world recently may have spotted a trend — competition regulators are […]
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Just Four in 10 Privacy Executives Are Confident About Adapting to New Regulations
Adapting to an increasingly volatile regulatory environment is the top priority for privacy executives, with only approximately four in 10 […]
Facebook breached Canada’s privacy law
Canadian regulators on Thursday found that Facebook committed “serious” breaches of local laws over its mishandling of users’ personal information, […]
Facebook Expects to Be Fined Up to $5 Billion by FTC Over Privacy Issues
Facebook said on Wednesday that it expected to be fined up to $5 billion by the Federal Trade Commission for […]
Facebook Custom Audience illegal without explicit user consent, Bavarian Data Protection Authority rules
Online shops and marketers routinely share customer data with Facebook to reach them with targeted advertising. Turns out: in many […]
Why you should pay close attention to the Polish DPA’s first GDPR fine
The Polish data protection authority’s first post-General Data Protection Regulation-era decision, and its first fine, raise questions about the GDPR’s […]
Why Your Used Devices Can Still Affect Your GDPR Compliance
Businesses generally handle compliance well for devices that are still in use, but when replaced, it can be easy to […]
GDPR Preparedness by Numbers
Crownpeak commissioned Forrester late last year (September) to conduct a survey where they asked 263 data and compliance professionals from […]
The French Data Protection Authority Announces Stricter Enforcement
On April 15, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) published its 2018 activity report and announced its 2019 enforcement […]
Even ticking a box does not necessarily mean consent is freely given
Digiday spoke to Giovanni Buttarelli, European data protection supervisor, to hear whether media and advertising businesses have done enough to […]
People have no absolute right to fadas in names
Irish people don’t have an “absolute right” to have their names spelt correctly, the State data watchdog has ruled. Ciarán […]
GDPR at a critical stage, says information commissioner
The ICO is calling on data protection officials to help kick off the next phase of the GDPR by embedding […]