How Donald Trump has nudged French CIOs still further from US cloud storage
French CIOs are looking at alternatives to storing data with US-based suppliers. Source: How Donald Trump has nudged French CIOs […]
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EU privacy seal providers eagerly await official GDPR guidance
There should ideally be a pan-European accreditation for “privacy seal” providers when the General Data Protection Regulation comes into effect, […]
Belgian DPA publishes recommendation on GDPR record keeping obligation
End of last week, the Belgian Data Protection Authority published a recommendation on the records of processing activities. The full […]
Auto industry must prepare for 2018 data protection changes
The automotive industry must start planning and preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which comes into force on […]
Five Eyes Unlimited: What A Global Anti-Encryption Regime Could Look Like
Heads of the intelligence services of Canada, New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States – the “Five […]
The case of the unsolicited email
Privacy and data protection issues do not present themselves in any particular order, so when starting out as a data […]
Oversight of use of open source code crucial as GDPR approaches
Organisations should take steps to improve their oversight of the use of open source code in software deployed within their […]
WP29 releases extensive employee-privacy guidance
In further production from the group’s June plenary session , the EU’s Article 29 Working Party, the collection of data […]
The great unsolved data protection challenges of our time (at least for now)
Far from the heady statements made at the time that the draft GDPR was first proposed, that we would soon […]
German court finds telecoms storage law is not compatible with EU
A German law requiring internet service providers to store data on internet and telephone usage for up to 10 weeks […]
More than 70% of organizations expect their Data Governance will improve with GDPR
98% of organization see challenges in complying with GDPR. The biggest challenge is to know when enough has been done […]
UK IT Pros Better Prepared for GDPR than EU/US Counterparts
UK IT Pros Better Prepared for GDPR than EU/US Counterparts. Spiceworks study shows there’s still plenty of work to be […]