Croatian Presidency tempers expectations on ePrivacy progress
The Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union is the just the latest EU presidency to try to […]
Legislation
Reflecting on APAC Data Protection and Cyber-security Highlights for 2019 (and what lies ahead!)
2019 saw continued growth and change in data protection and cyber-security across the Asia-Pacific. Following the implementation of the GDPR […]
EU to police digital assistants
European Union privacy watchdogs are gearing up to police digital assistants after revelations that Amazon.com Inc. workers listened in on […]
EU court adviser: data privacy laws should apply in national security cases
The European Court of Justice should uphold its 2016 decision that personal data cannot be seized and held indiscriminately by […]
What we’ve learned from California’s Consumer Privacy Act so far
Though CCPA went into force Jan.1, some of the law’s implications are already becoming clear. First, privacy is not cheap. […]
Will online privacy make a comeback in 2020?
Last year was a landmark for online privacy in many ways, with something of a consensus emerging that consumers deserve […]
Lawmakers push bipartisan update to children’s online privacy law
House lawmakers are introducing a bipartisan bill Thursday to update a long-standing children’s online privacy law so that parents could […]
State Legislatures Are Off to the Privacy Races
New Hampshire legislators introduced new data privacy legislation, New Hampshire House Bill 1680. The legislation is similar to the California […]
EU Parliament debates if California could be considered ‘adequate’
Members of the Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs discussed in depth the European Commission’s report, issued […]
Ten Questions—And Answers—About the California Consumer Privacy Act
You may have heard from a lot of businesses telling you that they’ve updated their privacy policies because of a […]
ICO launches consultation on draft direct marketing code of practice
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a public consultation on a draft direct marketing code of practice. The ICO has […]
Avoid heavy AI regulation, White House tells EU
The US administration has urged European lawmakers to avoid heavy regulation frameworks in the future rollout of Artificial Intelligence technologies […]