Facebook Promised A Clear History Tool. Where Is It?
Last May, Facebook promised to create a “Clear History” function it said would give users more control over their data. […]
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Potential privacy lapse found in Americans’ 2010 census data
The age, gender, location, race and ethnicity for 138 million people were potentially vulnerable. So far, however, only internal hacking […]
EDPB issues new opinion on interplay between Clinical Trials Regulation and the GDPR
On January 23, 2019, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) issued an opinion on the interplay between the Clinical Trials […]
Lawmakers want to question Facebook about the privacy of groups
Lawmakers are looking to question Facebook about its privacy practices after allegations that the service revealed sensitive health information in […]
Police departments force Google to hand over data on anyone near a crime scene.
Police departments are using “reverse location search warrants” to force Google to hand over data on anyone near a crime […]
EU reached deal on improved law enforcement access to financial information to curb crime
New rules improving law enforcement authorities’ access to financial information to investigate serious crime were informally agreed with Council negotiators. […]
Personal Data Collection: The Complete Wired Guide
Information about you, what you buy, where you go, even where you look is the oil that fuels the digital […]
California governor wants users to profit from online data
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s consumers should get a piece of the billions of dollars that technology companies […]
New UN deal with data mining firm Palantir raises protection concerns
CIA-linked software firm Palantir will help the UN’s World Food Programme analyse its data in a new partnership. The UN’s […]
Companies’ Right to Privacy
On January 3, 2019, the federal trial court in Manhattan issued a preliminary injunction, temporarily halting a new local law […]
Google has quietly dropped ban on personally identifiable web tracking
When Google bought the advertising network DoubleClick in 2007, Google founder Sergey Brin said that privacy would be the company’s […]
Austrian DPA takes “result-oriented perspective” in data erasure decision
The Austrian data protection authority (‘DSB’) published, on 30 January 2019, its decision, dated 5 December 2018, on the right […]