New DSAR tool for GDPR compliance
According to the IAPP-EY Annual Privacy Governance Report 2017, DSARs were among the top three most difficult GDPR obligations for […]
Legislation
New U.S. defense bill targets drones, raises potential privacy and security concerns
The National Defense Authorization Act of 2018 (NDAA), signed into law in December 2017, did not only authorize United States […]
The Looming Battle over the GDPR and the Purpose of Whois in ICANN
ICANN Corp seems to have finally taken the tension between Whois and privacy rights seriously, thanks to the impending General […]
Facebook to hand privacy controls to users ahead of EU law
Facebook will make it easier for its more than 2 billion users to manage their own data in response to […]
GDPR Conundrums: The GDPR applicability regime – Controllers
The scope provisions of the national GDPR implementation laws wildly differ and will lead to unacceptable accumulation and incompatibility of […]
Why the Canadian Privacy Commissioner’s Proposed Right to be Forgotten Creates More Problems Than it Solves
The right to be forgotten, which opens the door to public requests for the removal of search results that are […]
What does ePrivacy look like under new presidency?
Bulgaria took over the rolling presidency of the EU on Jan. 1, and, although an overly ambitious May deadline has […]
How do the DPO and EU representative interplay?
The GDPR applies to controllers and processors that process personal data of individuals in the EU, regardless of where the […]
What does territorial scope mean under the GDPR?
Determining an organization’s applicability under the General Data Protection Regulation is a complex topic, and many are left a bit […]
Tech Giants Brace for Europe’s New Data Privacy Rules
A stringent set of data protection rules will take effect in Europe in May. Facebook, Google and others are working […]
French GDPR Implementation Bill – for French DPA (“CNIL”) it could not come soon enough!
Member States are slowly but surely debating implementing legislation in order to transpose the GDPR into national law, in accordance […]
Practical tips for consent under the GDPR
The increased consent requirements under the GDPR have been a hot topic lately, due to the Article 29 Working Party’s […]