EU privacy watchdog: Privacy shield should be temporary
European privacy watchdogs have received “a few” complaints about the privacy shield data transfer agreement with the United States since […]
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When governments get data protection wrong
There have been a number of recent data breaches overseas which offer salutary lessons on how information held by governments […]
Cybersecurity for the travelling scientist
Virtual private networks, tracking apps and ‘burner’ laptops: how to protect sensitive data when you take your research on the […]
Russia’s Telecom supervisors publishes privacy policy recommendations for data operators
On 31 July 2017 Russia’s Federal Service for the Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications (‘Roskomnadzor’) published, recommendations […]
Google tracks what you spend offline to prove its online ads work
Google’s advertising systems that connect people’s in-store purchases to their online browsing may face regulatory review – because the Chocolate […]
Data Management Is At The Heart Of Good Privacy Practice
Despite the way political leaders like to work, the internet means commercial border are fluid and permeable. That means businesses […]
Senators Introduce IoT Cybersecurity Bill
On August 1, 2017, Senators unveiled a bipartisan bill to mandate baseline cybersecurity requirements for internet connected devices purchased by […]
House of Commons publishes briefing paper on Brexit and data protection
The House of Commons Library, which aims to provide impartial research and analysis to MPs and their staff, has published […]
FTC Posts Second Blog in Its “Stick with Security” Series
On July 28, 2017, the FTC published the second blog post in its “Stick with Security” series. As we previously […]
How an online wedding registry in my name appeared out of thin air
It’s not so much secrecy, but our ability to control how we present ourselves in the world. Source: How an […]
It is easy to expose users’ secret web habits, say researchers
Porn browsing habits and confidential documents are found in supposedly anonymised data. Source: It is easy to expose users’ secret […]
The Guardian view on a Swedish scandal: the precedence of privacy
Governments forget at their peril that they must nowadays guard their citizens’ data as carefully as they guard their physical […]