ICO GDPR guidance on Contracts and liabilities between controllers and processors
On 1 August we reported on the launch of the International Regulatory Strategy Group’s “Article 28 GDPR ready contractual terms” […]
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EU officials visit US to begin first review of the Privacy Shield
EU and US officials will carry out a joint review this week of the Privacy Shield, a framework designed to […]
Juncker announces massive cyber security overhaul
The European Commission will add funds and new powers for the EU cyber security agency and introduce a range of […]
Online privacy, building trust in the digital age
One of the most pressing challenges in our Digital Single Market project (DSM) is to create an online environment that […]
EU Council Publishes Proposed Amendments on Draft ePrivacy Regulation
On September 8, 2017, the Council of the European Union published its proposed revisions to the draft ePrivacy Regulation, which […]
EU looks to extra spending, diplomacy to bolster cyber security
The European Commission wants to bolster cyber security in the EU by increasing investment in technology, setting stricter consumer safeguards […]
Acxiom’s European Privacy Officer (Mostly) Demystifies GDPR
GDPR was supposed to establish what sort of data sites can collect without asking for an opt-in. However, a part of […]
Study finds more than third of global orgs unsure if GDPR compliant
A recent study found 37 percent of global organizations are unsure if they need to comply with the EU’s GDPR […]
Europe’s top court must rule on UK spies’ bulk powers
The oversight court for the UK’s intelligence agencies has said Europe’s top court should rule on the legality of powers […]
Germany’s GDPR implementation law, it’s just the beginning
The EU data protection reform package consisting of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (in German: Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, DS-GVO) and […]
Spanish DPA’s decision fining Facebook “first to go into detail of massive scale processing”
14 September 2017 The Spanish data protection authority (‘AEPD’) announced, on 11 September 2017, that it had issued a decision […]
Ahead of First Joint Review of Privacy Shield, Europeans Remain Skeptical as FTC Announces Enforcement Actions
On September 8, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced enforcement actions against three companies alleged to have falsely claimed […]