South Korea Fines Bitcoin Exchanges Over Privacy Violations
The South Korean telecommunications regulator has fined eight cryptocurrency exchanges for data protection violations. Source: South Korea Fines Bitcoin Exchanges […]
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Former employees say Lyft staffers spied on passengers
Similar to Uber’s “God View” scandal, Lyft staffers have been abusing customer insight software to view the personal contact info […]
China Releases National Standard on Personal Information Security
On January 25, 2018, the Standardization Administration of China published the full text of the Information Security Technology – Personal […]
Privacy tech solution aims to bring more data visibility to the CPO
In 1961, Jaguar started producing the E-Type Series sports car. In the automobile world, the E-Type is a classic, an […]
AI-enabled Face-Swap Porn is on the Rise—and the Law Can’t Help You
AI-enabled face-swap porn is on the rise, and right now there’s just about no recourse for victims. Here’s the lay […]
Auto Industry Stakeholders and Regulators Convene to Discuss Connected Vehicle Privacy
In the same week that the automotive industry gathers in Washington, D.C. for the 2018 Washington Auto Show, a cross-section […]
GDPR Article 30 Record Keeping
GDPR introduces a number of challenging obligations for enterprises, ranging from data subject rights to consent management. One of the […]
Pummeling users with Google remarketing ads they don’t want to see? Now they can mute those, too
On Thursday, Google announced more ways for users to control the Google-served ads they see. The changes will have implications […]
4 Industries in the Midst of Major Disruptions, Thanks to Data
Research suggests that some 90 percent of the data in the world today was created within the last two years, […]
Top Data Governance Issues from 2017 and What to Watch in 2018
Having advised companies on privacy and data security issues for the past 20 years, it is always interesting to consider […]
Alexa, What Are You Doing with My Family’s Personal Info?
Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and several smart-home technologies that debuted at last week’s CES add convenience but also raise privacy […]
Show me your data – the new precondition to M&As
In 2017, the total value of merger and acquisitions (M&As) exceeded three trillion dollars. Some of the more notable M&As […]