London cops’ facial recognition doesn’t work
London cops’ facial recognition kit has only correctly identified two people to date – neither of whom were criminals – […]
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How not to write your GDPR-‘compliant’ data protection notice
GDPR requires companies to have a robust data processing notices. However, “obfuscating their data collection and processing activities on the […]
Yahoo fine highlights issue of intra-group data processing compliance
The EU-based arms of major international businesses must have contracts in place with other group companies where those other companies […]
Protecting Customers’ Privacy Requires More than Anonymizing Their Data
The promised benefits of data-driven marketing are at grave risk unless businesses can do a better job of protecting against […]
LIBE votes for Privacy Shield’s suspension: What does it mean?
On June 11 EU Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) voted on the current international data-transfer agreement between the EU and U.S. […]
Argentina court decision clarifies the concept of sensitive data
The Federal Court of Appeals on Civil and Commercial Matters has expanded the country’s already robust data protections by ruling […]
The Next Frontier of Police Surveillance Is Drones
A major drone company DJI and a major police-camera company Axon are teaming up, and the possibilities are frightening. The devices […]
White House says its federal agencies can’t keep track of their own data
Most federal agencies have no way of effectively detecting when data is stolen, found a new, 22-page report published by […]
Why a DNA data breach is much worse than a credit card leak
Why would hackers want DNA information specifically? And what are the implications of a big DNA breach? One simple reason is […]
Justice ministers divided over proposal for police access to real-time data
National justice ministers are pushing to create new powers for law enforcement authorities to intercept communication data in real time […]
CJEU ruling causes “difficulty for fan page operators in fulfilling all data protection obligations”
7 June 2018 The Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) issued, on 5 June 2018, its ruling (‘the […]
First court decision on GDPR
Only five days after the GDPR became applicable, the first German court, the Regional Court ( Landgericht ) Bonn (in […]