Companies to Settle FTC Charges They Falsely Claimed Participation in Privacy Shield
Three U.S. companies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they misled consumers about their participation in the […]
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The Why, What, How, Where, When and Whom of GDPR
Unless you have just arrived from a round trip to Mars, you couldn’t have not heard of the new EU […]
Behavioral advertising industry slams ePrivacy plans
In scenes reminiscent of the last days of GDPR drafting, lobbyists from the advertising industry queued up to give European […]
UK businesses should honour pre-Brexit data protection rights of foreign citizens
UK businesses should continue to honour the data protection rights of customers and staff based in the EU and elsewhere […]
Common GDPR myths, debunked
A flurry of “GDPR experts” have surfaced over the last year to help businesses navigate the forthcoming European data privacy […]
EU states’ data retention laws still violating privacy rights, report warns
Two legal judgements at the highest level in Europe in recent years have reaffirmed that all Member States’ data retention […]
Chief privacy officers may not be eligible to serve as data protection officers
People who currently serve as chief privacy officers for businesses operating in the EU may not necessarily be able to […]
MEPs discuss next steps for EU-Canada PNR agreement
At a meeting Thursday of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee, MEPs discussed the current status of the agreement between […]
Update on the EU ePrivacy Regulation Proposal Discussions
On January 10, 2017, the European Commission published a Proposal for a Regulation (Proposal) relating to privacy rules for the […]
Companies lagging on GDPR’s controller accommodation requirement
n less than a year’s time, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will succeed the EU’s Data Protection Directive. But […]
New duty to notify data breaches will provide general benefits to data privacy and security
Data security and privacy will be bolstered by the introduction of new data breach reporting requirements, the UK’s information commissioner […]
Essential cyber security tips for businesses
Data is the new oil, and hackers are constantly looking for new, and better, ways to steal or manipulate this […]