Dutch plans to implement new payments laws raise data protection concerns
The government in the Netherlands has been advised to review the way it intends to implement new EU payment services […]
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UK’s DPA expands guidance on data breaches
United Kingdom’s Information Commissioner’s Office (‘ICO’) on 12 January 2018 announced that it had expanded its guidance on personal data […]
The Identity We Can’t Change
This report is a continuation of the work begun in previous years by ADC in the field of biometrics. We […]
Americans prefer sharing life’s milestones with their social network than in person
The rise of social media has forged a seismic shift in the way people share life’s milestones with friends and […]
AI offers opportunity to increase privacy for users
Technology pundits frequently lament that our increasingly digital world has eroded consumer privacy by enabling businesses to collect and use […]
Website operators are in the dark about privacy violations by third-party scripts
Recently we revealed that “session replay” scripts on websites record everything you do, like someone looking over your shoulder, and […]
Signal partners with Microsoft to bring end-to-end encryption to Skype
In collaboration with Signal, Microsoft is introducing a Private Conversations feature in Skype, powered by Signal Protocol. Source: Signal >> […]
Identity theft? Show me the records!
There’s been a lot of talk about identity theft lately. Maybe you’ve even heard from customers affected by it. Your […]
How the Government Hides Secret Surveillance Programs
A new report from Human Rights Watch sheds light on a troubling law enforcement practice called “parallel construction.” Source: How […]
AUSTRIA: Data protection for personal data of legal entities under the GDPR?
Introduction With 31 July, the Austrian law amending the Data Protection Act 2000 (Data Protection Amendment Act 2018 – DSG […]
Researchers to be free to test anonymisation measures under UK data protection reforms
Planned changes to UK data protection laws will not put security researchers at risk of breaking the law when they […]
Importance of terms and conditions in information sharing
A man complained that his new Automobile Association (AA) card was configured so that it would share his personal information […]