Big Data analytics in Europe – the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Some say that new EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is not fit for modern age of Big Data, artificial […]
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Latest papers on privacy and data protection – May
Kaleidoscope on the Internet of Toys Report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) on?safety, security, privacy and societal questions emerging?from […]
Recent ICO guidances and feedback requests on GDPR
Recently UK Information Commissioner Office published several GDPR guidances and requests for public feedback.
Data protection boss vows she will use new powers to fine firms up to €20m
In the interview Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon reveals intention to use powers given by new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) […]
British Cops Will Scan Every Fan’s Face at the Champions League Final
South Wales Police is piloting facial recognition at one of Europe’s biggest sporting events despite significant criticism against the technology […]
Singapore, Japan, Korea among least prepared for new EU data laws
More than half of firms in Singapore, Japan, and South Korea express concerns they will not be able to meet […]
New European Union Financial Rules to Give U.S. Consumers Protection as Well
Thanks to new set of regulations in the European Union, customers of U.S. financial institutions – banks, credit-card companies and insurance […]
Preparing to Comply with the GDPR: Start Now, Plan to Invest
In May of 2018, Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) will take effect throughout the European Union. GDPR will set data […]
Privacy watchdog: businesses that demand personal data in return for services run foul of new EU data protection laws
In his opinion on ePrivacy Regulation, European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli indicated that businesses that require consumers to provide data […]
Court to Facebook: Stop harvesting users’ WhatsApp personal data without consent
Facebook has lost its bid to collect the personal data of WhatsApp users in Germany — for now. In August […]
European Commission, experts uneasy over WP29 data portability interpretation
The European Commission has written to EU privacy regulators to express concern over their interpretation of the data portability clause […]
Watchdog queries scope of rules on ‘profiling’ under the GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has identified an anomaly between the definition of profiling in the GDPR and how profiling […]