Is All Personal Data Equal Under The Law?
Until very recently, most ad tech companies based their entire privacy programs on the notion that they don’t collect personal […]
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EU privacy watchdogs to look into harvesting of data from social media
European Union privacy watchdogs will look deeper into the harvesting of personal data from social networks for economic or political […]
The privacy pro’s guide to explainability in machine learning
With the GDPR’s implementation date looming, there has been much discussion about whether the regulation requires a “right to an […]
These 4 Mobile Ad-Tech Companies Are Banding Together on Standards for GDPR
With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) looming, a handful of advertising and marketing tech companies are […]
GDPR Myths and Monsters
Everybody has heard of fake news. Any politician worthy of their claim to modernity has dispensed the term as a […]
EU plans more powers for consumers to sue companies
The European Union plans more powers for consumers to sue firms such as Volkswagen (after the Dieselgate scandal showed the […]
UK’s DPA releases data protection self assessment tool
The ICO’s data protection self assessment toolkit helps you assess your organisation’s compliance with data protection law and helps you […]
Portugal: Draft GDPR implementation law can still “be improved to eliminate inconsistencies”
The Government introduced, on 26 March 2018, law proposal no. 120/XIII for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation […]
Data Protection Impact Assessment
Article 35 of the GDPR provides for Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA). According to Article 35(1) a DPIA is required […]
Exporting the EU Privacy Regime Through Trade Instruments?
On January 31, 2018, the European Commission endorsed horizontal clauses on cross-border data flows, data protection and privacy in trade […]
The U.S. CLOUD Act and the EU: A Privacy Protection Race to the Bottom
Between the U.S. CLOUD Act and new European Union (EU) efforts to dismantle international rules for cross-border law enforcement investigations, […]
Overlap Between the GDPR and PSD2
The EU Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which took effect on January 13, 2018, puts an obligation on banks to give […]