Belgian Privacy Commission Issues Recommendation on Data Protection Impact Assessment
The Belgian Privacy Commission (recently released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) on Data Protection Impact Assessment (“DPIA”) and the […]
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Facebook to change terms of service for members outside Europe ahead of GDPR
The company says that despite the timing of the move, all users will have the same data privacy protections. Facebook […]
Facebook starts to roll out GDPR notifications and consent requests
The company may have an uphill battle ahead to get users to share personal data. Facebook previously announced that it […]
Privacy as an Afterthought: ICANN’s Response to the GDPR
Almost three years ago, the global domain name authority ICANN chartered a working group to consider how to build a […]
How Europe’s ‘breakthrough’ privacy law takes on Facebook and Google
Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation is forcing big changes at tech’s biggest firms – even if the US isn’t likely […]
How does California’s Erasure Law stack up against the EU’s right to be forgotten
While most are familiar with the European Union’s right to be forgotten, many fewer are aware that in 2015, California […]
Facebook to start asking permission for facial recognition in GDPR push
Facebook has started to seek explicit consent from users for targeted advertising, storage of sensitive information, and – for the […]
GDPR Privacy Policy Fail: Only 34% of EU Sites Compliant
Just a third of websites in the EU and even fewer in the UK have their privacy policy in order […]
DPO Confessional: Think globally, but direct market locally
Applying the consent basis to data processing has territorial implications. Unfortunately, the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation contains some ambiguity […]
A little help with DPO contracts
With the EU General Data Protection Regulation nearly upon us, we at the IAPP have been getting an onslaught of […]
GDPR Pushes Up Demand For Data Privacy Officers
New numbers out Wednesday on the cost for companies to implement the European Union’s General Data Protection Requirements (GDPR) compliance […]
The 11 key considerations in Schrems II, in laymen’s terms
The lengthy Schrems II case decided by the Irish High Court in October 2017 left open which questions would be […]