The challenges associated with the upcoming European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are well documented. The opportunities, not so much. The fact is, GDPR is an ideal opportunity for brands to get clarity around their first-party data, if they haven’t already. And with it, they could put themselves in a far stronger position to start […]
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On 12 September, European Digital Rights (EDRi) – an association of civil and human rights organisations from across Europe – published the position paper ?Encryption Workarounds: a digital rights perspective?. Paper was published as a response?to the European Commission?s expert consultation exercise around the Encryption Workarounds paper by Orin Kerr and Bruce Schneier. EDRi?s position […]
Personal data, including big data, is a valuable asset for businesses, but how to maximise its exploitation at the age of the EU Privacy Regulation? Here is an article on how to limit the impact of its restrictions on the usage of data for economic purposes. Source: EUROPE: How to exploit data at the time […]
Recommendations for Implementing?Transparency, Consent and Legitimate Interest?under the GDPR Centre for Information Policy Leadership (CIPL) published its paper on transparency, consent and legitimate interest?under the GDPR. Download paper Designing Without Privacy This Article presents findings from an ethnographic study of how, if at all, technologists doing the work of technology product design think about privacy, […]
On August 22, 2017, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, the APEC Electronic-Commerce Steering Group’s Data Privacy Subgroup (DPS) held its meeting with the European Commission (the Commission) to discuss issues related to personal data protection regimes and the facilitation of global data flows. Source: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation | Data Privacy Subgroup Meeting with European […]
Recently UK Information Commissioner Office published several GDPR guidances and requests for public feedback.
Lately data protection and privacy is a hot topic to write about. So here is a collection of latest papers, reports and publications on data protection, privacy and cyber-security that might be interesting. A Typology of Privacy From Here to DPO: Building a Data Protection Officer Douwe Korff.?KEY POINTS RE THE CYBERCRIME CONVENTION COMMITTEE?(T-CY) REPORT: […]
In December WP29 published GDPR guidelines on the right to Data Portability, Data Protection Officers (DPO) and Lead Supervisory Authority.
A paper from Anons looks at challenges to big data analytics under upcoming GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and legal solutions to them. Although new obligations imposed by the GDPR, they do require new technical and organizational measures to protect big data. The body of this paper describes in detail the regulatory background, technological innovations, […]
On September 9, 2016, the operator of the world?s largest Internet hub, De-Cix, filed lawsuit against the German government to stop mass surveillance by the German intelligence agency Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND). De-CIX is challenging the legality of orders from the BND to implement monitoring of communications flowing through its Frankfurt Internet exchange point. De-CIX insists that […]