Apple Removes Top Security App For Stealing Data and Sending it to China
Apple has removed the #1 selling anti-malware app called Adware Doctor from the Mac App Store because it was gathering […]
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EU Begins Formal Approval for Japan Adequacy Decision
On September 5, 2018, the European Commission announced in a press release the launch of the procedure to formally adopt […]
Data Sharing: What’s the Worst that Could Happen?
Startups are producing lots of transit data that could help inform government policy — but not everyone agrees on what […]
A look at data transfers under different data protection regulations
Organizations are subject to different regulations to protect personal data that they communicate to overseas recipients for various reasons, including […]
Brexit’s data bogeyman
As the United Kingdom hurtles toward the EU exit door, both sides have yet to start discussing how to make […]
Data transfers to the UK post Brexit
In a post-Brexit world where the UK is no longer part of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the UK will […]
International Privacy Experts Adopt Recommendations for Cross-Border Law Enforcement Requests for Data
The International Working Group on Data Protection in Telecommunications has adopted new recommendations to protect individual rights during criminal cross-border […]
Businesses urged to create Brexit contingency plans for data transfers
EU data protection law puts restrictions on the transfer of personal data outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). Businesses […]
Jourová Puts Trump administration on notice with letter to America
Věra Jourová, The EU Commissioner for Justice, has written to the US Commerce Secretary, warning that the US has three […]
Supreme Court to hear Facebook appeal over data transfers referral
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an unprecedented appeal by Facebook over a High Court judge’s decision to refer […]
EU and Japan agreed to create the world’s largest area of safe data flows
On July 17 the EU and Japan successfully concluded their talks on reciprocal adequacy. They agreed to recognise each other’s […]
EU Parliament votes to suspend Privacy Shield
On July 4 the European Parliament voted for non-binding resolution on suspension Privacy Shield. It was passed 303 to 223 […]