Siemens sees scale, data privacy as winners in digital race
Germany’s Siemens sees its broad industrial base and respect for customers’ data privacy as giving it the edge in a […]
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EU sees data transfer deal with Japan early next year
The European Union aims to conclude a deal allowing businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan […]
Employer liable for disgruntled employee’s deliberate data breach
WM Morrisons Supermarket plc have been held liable to 5,518 of their employees for a deliberate data breach by a […]
E-commerce tracking practices raise privacy questions
The attorneys who filed the “wiretapping” suit against online mattress firm Casper have launched three new challenges. Source: E-commerce tracking […]
E-mail Open Tracking Has Quietly Taken Over the Web
As recently reported in Wired , over 40 percent of e-mails are tracked, according to a study published last June […]
Canadian Position on Data Localization Rules in Trade Deals Revealed: Protection for Government Data Only
Data localization rules, which require data to be stored locally, have emerged as an increasingly popular legal method for providing […]
France orders WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook without consent
Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data […]
China collecting DNA, biometrics from millions in Xinjiang
Authorities in China’s far-west are collecting DNA samples, fingerprints, eye scans and blood types of millions of people aged 12 […]
That Netflix tweet wasn’t creepy. Reality is.
The Internet was in an uproar recently about a tweet from Netflix’s official account spotlighting (and shaming) 53 of its […]
Aadhaar data leak: More than 200 Indian government websites expose citizens’ key personal details
The Aadhaar-issuing body, called the Unique Identification Authority of India, did not specify how or when the breach took place. […]
European Commission weighs in on Microsoft Ireland case
The European Commission has filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the European Union in the ongoing legal dispute […]
“Right to be forgotten”comes to Canada?
The relief Martin Streete felt the day he walked out of court a free man erodes with every click of […]