Processing biometric data? Be careful, under the GDPR
The recent launch of the iPhone X’s Face ID functionality sparked a flurry of conversation from consumers and mainstream commentators […]
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Stricter consent rules will pose challenges for data brokers
It will become harder for data brokers to sell personal data to businesses in a way that complies with the […]
Most organisations are unclear about data storage and transfer arrangements
Most privacy notices displayed on websites and mobile apps do not explain to consumers the country in which collected personal […]
TrustArc: 64 percent of UK businesses have not started GDPR implementation
The results of a TrustArc survey earlier this year were far from encouraging: 61 percent of respondents, privacy professionals at […]
Confessions of a Cyber Security Vendor CEO: “We don’t have all the answers to GDPR”
The 25th of May 2018. For many, that date will have registered little interest when the first official draft of […]
Dutch DPA: unlimited publication of WHOIS data violates privacy law
The unlimited publication of WHOIS-data of domain name registrants by Dutch registries is a violation of current Dutch privacy law. […]
ePrivacy Regulation: European Parliament says yes to Lauristin report
The European Parliament has approved the amended text of the EU ePrivacy Regulation, a.k.a. the Lauristin Report. What you should […]
Denmark wants to check students search history
Denmark’s Education Minister Merete Riisager has proposed a new law that encourages students to grant schools access to their personal […]
Israeli DPA publishes guidelines on workplace surveillance
On Oct. 17, Israel’s data protection authority, which recently changed its name to the Privacy Protection Authority (formerly the ILITA), […]
Government reiterates plans for EU-UK data flows post-Brexit
The UK government has reiterated its plans to establish an agreement with the remainder of the EU member states that […]
Call to tighten UK law over data breaches
Consumer group Which? is unhappy with the U.K. data protection bill and has called on the government to amend the […]
The Internet of Things in the Era of the GDPR
The Internet of Things is a term used more and more often. We discuss in this article what IoT is […]