Businesses fall into transatlantic privacy hole
Companies have begun to face costly problems abroad while they wait a new privacy deal.
Legislation
Biden issues the Executive Order on Cybersecurity
The purpose of the Order is to improve the security of commercial software, including by establishing baseline security requirements based on industry best practices.
MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions
The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to bring it in line with EU court rulings and the opinions of the EU privacy supervisor.
Japan’s Rikunabi Scandal Shows The Dangers of Privacy Law Loopholes
Ddata privacy scandal in Japan involving Rikunabi—a major job-seeking platform that calculated and sold companies algorithmic scores which predicted how likely individual job applicants would decline a job offer—has underscored how users’ behavioral data can be used against their best interests.
Margrethe Vestager explains the EU’s position in the global battle for data
Margrethe Vestager, the Executive Vice President of the European Commission, responsible for all things digital, gives us her insight into global data, data sharing, big tech, the Data Governance Act and the reality of policy and implementation.
How expansion of privacy laws, adtech standards limits third-party data use for retargeting
How the expansion of data privacy laws and advertising technology standards limits companies’ ability to use third-party data for retargeting.
Google and Apple are the world’s biggest privacy regulators
Both companies are changing how they allow others to collect and use data from their billions of online users.
Trialogue negotiations close to agreement on ePrivacy derogation
EU lawmakers are close to reaching a compromise on a controversial regulation aimed at combating child sexual abuse online
States Are Moving on Privacy Bills. Over 4 in 5 Voters Want Congress to Prioritize Protection of Online Data
Public support for Congress to pass a national standard is holding strong, with 83 percent of voters saying it should be a “top” or “important, but lower” congressional priority this year.
EU grappling with potential one-stop-shop reform
Key stakeholders on EU data protection came together at the Global Privacy Summit Online 2021 to discuss potential solutions to the GDPR one-stop shop dilemma.
Chatbots and privacy rights after death
There are a variety of laws applicable to the U.S. government premised on the idea that privacy protections cease at death.
Between a rock and a hard place: U.S. federal privacy law
President Biden may soon announce an Executive Order that will include mandatory breach notification for software vendors that sell to the federal government.