Data breach GDPR case study
The business has grown substantially over a number of years, and now has a number of different business units providing […]
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Is a Service Provider’s Privacy Shield Certification Good Enough?
The GDPR imposes two requirements when a company (referred to in the GDPR as a “data controller”) uses a service […]
Deep Fakes: A Looming Crisis for National Security, Democracy and Privacy?
Manipulating images, sound, or video to convincingly mislead the public could take so-called “fake news” to a new level. Recent […]
U.S. Customs Wants to Use Your Face As a Boarding Pass
By 2022, the agency plans to use biometrics to identify 97 percent of travelers flying out of the country. Getting […]
A third of Brits plan to exercise right to be forgotten
After the General Data Protection Regulation compliance deadline, a third of Britons polled say they plan to exercise their right […]
UK’s councils unprepared for cyber-attacks, report says
More than 25% of UK councils have had their computer systems breached in the past five years, campaigners say. A […]
Data protection impact assessments and data protection by default and by design
In 2016, the Westin Research Center published a series of articles identifying our analysis of the top 10 operational impacts […]
Are the Standard Contractual Clauses Enough?
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is arguably the most comprehensive – and complex – data privacy regulation […]
Is it time to crack down on facial recognition?
At least half of American adults have their photo in a facial recognition network that authorities can search without a […]
The Malicious Use of Artificial Intelligence: Forecasting, Prevention, and Mitigation
In the coming decades, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologies are going to transform many aspects of our world. […]
The Car of the Future Will Sell Your Data
Automakers have been installing wireless connections in vehicles and collecting data for decades. But the sheer volume of software and […]
Google’s new AI algorithm predicts heart disease by looking at your eyes
Scientists from Google and its health-tech subsidiary Verily have discovered a new way to assess a person’s risk of heart […]