Privacy, identity ‘impossible to protect’ say 74% of security pros
New precautions and regulations like GDPR may not be able to help protect online identities, according to a Black Hat […]
GDPR
GDPR Enforcement: Is it really about the fines?
In the lead up to the General Data Protection Regulation, so much of the focus was on fines and regulatory […]
How Facebook and Google push users into sharing personal data
Facebook and Google steer us into sharing vast amounts of information about ourselves, through cunning design, privacy invasive defaults, and […]
Cataloguing GDPR complaints since May 25
A full month has passed since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect on May 25. Are consumers […]
How to approach DPIAs under the GDPR
The guiding principles of the General Data Protection Regulation stimulate organizations to address the issue of compliance with an approach […]
Is your company part of the GDPR ‘mobile loophole’?
Europe is leading the way in privacy protection with General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). But most companies are not focused […]
The GDPR is on its way towards implementation into French law following a constitutional challenge
The French legislature had been fairly slow in pushing forward with the implementation of the GDPR into French national law. The progress of the Bill had not been without issues.
How GDPR changes use of Browser Fingerprinting and Web Trackers
Browser fingerprinting is on a collision course with privacy regulations. Compared to more well-known tracking “cookies,” browser fingerprinting is trickier […]
DPO liability and potential insurance coverage
Could data protection officers (DPOs) conceivably be exposed to staggering personal liability for data protection violations by their employers or […]
EU court could settle ICANN data gathering dispute
The internet’s global domain name organisation, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), has appealed a recent ruling […]
Implementing appropriate security under the GDPR
Security of processing is a foundational principle of the GDPR. Under Article 5(1)(f), personal data shall be “processed in a […]
Looking to Canada for input on the GDPR’s data retention requirements
One of the core principles of data processing set forth in Article 5(e) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation […]