What to do if you know you’re not GDPR-ready?
This episode of the The Privacy Advisor Podcast features a return guest. Chris Zoladz owns Navigate, a consultancy. His podcast […]
Legislation
Belgian DPA provides guidance on record keeping under GDPR
By Patrick Van Eecke and Buki Owa The Belgian Data Protection Authority recently published a template that can be used […]
UK government consults on implementation of cyber security directive
The UK government is seeking views on implementation of the EU Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive. The government says […]
Will California privacy protection bill hurt tech?
Legislation designed to shore up privacy protection now that federal rules are in danger will do more harm than good. […]
Law enforcement access gets review in the EU
On August 4, the European Commission opened a public consultation to “help Europe’s law enforcement agencies combat crime in the […]
Top tips for drafting global data protection terms
Here’s a challenge for privacy practitioners everywhere. Laws, by their nature, are national (or in some cases, like the GDPR, […]
ICO guidance: a good re-SAR-lt for controllers?
Subject access requests (“SARs”) are viewed either as an essential right or a huge administrative burden, depending on whether you […]
You Can Be Forgotten Online, But Not in the British Library
Before Google, if you wanted to find out about a person, you had to go to a library to pore […]
Brexit: UK seeks data transfer pact with EU
The government’s latest Brexit paper discusses how data transfers will be affected by leaving the EU. Source: Brexit: UK seeks […]
Germany Publishes English Version of its National GDPR Implementation Act
The German Ministry of Interior affairs has published an English translation of the new Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz – […]
Liberty and Security in the Proposed Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017
On August 1, Sens. Mark Warner and Cory Gardner introduced the “Internet of Things Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017.” The […]
Bipartisan Senate legislation would modernize digital privacy
A group of senators introduced two bills today to modernize digital privacy. The current federal statutes derive from the Electronics […]