European consumers organisations launching collective GDPR actions
In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, four European Consumers Organisations launched on 30 May 2018 to coordinate collective […]
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Will the UK Meet the EU Adequacy Test?
Unless there is a political earthquake (some would say a miracle) Brexit will happen on 29 March 2019. Many fear […]
Data Protection in the Event of a “No Deal Brexit”
As part of its preparations for a “no deal” scenario when the Article 50 negotiating period comes to an end […]
Latest bits on privacy and cybersecurity #2
This is latest collection of most interesting articles, reports and publications on privacy, data protection and cyber-security.
GDPR impact on marketing
GDPR has caused a drop-off in third-party cookies on news sites and prompted marketers to alter their ad targeting techniques […]
Brussels targets parties’ misuse of personal voter data
The EU is seeking the power to impose significant fines on European political parties that misuse voters’ personal data to […]
Google fights against global ‘right to be forgotten’ in search
Lawyers for Google faced Europe’s top judges on Tuesday to argue against upholding the rights of European citizens to have […]
How to drive effective privacy operations with functional requirements
In the run-up to May 25, 2018, many businesses that thought they were well-prepared to meet their new General Data […]
EU Begins Formal Approval for Japan Adequacy Decision
On September 5, 2018, the European Commission announced in a press release the launch of the procedure to formally adopt […]
Here’s why the first GDPR fines could still be months away
It’s been three months since the introduction of the European Union’s much-heralded General Data Protection Regulation, which gives the bloc’s […]
A look at data transfers under different data protection regulations
Organizations are subject to different regulations to protect personal data that they communicate to overseas recipients for various reasons, including […]
EU regulation will drive U.S. banks to embrace FinTech or lose market share
Along with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which gave citizens the right to control the use of personally […]