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 […]
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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 […]
GDPR implementation bills: The election problem
It is by now no secret that a lot of EU countries won’t have implementing acts ready in time for […]
How not to write your GDPR-‘compliant’ data protection notice
GDPR requires companies to have a robust data processing notices. However, “obfuscating their data collection and processing activities on the […]
Yahoo fine highlights issue of intra-group data processing compliance
The EU-based arms of major international businesses must have contracts in place with other group companies where those other companies […]