These 4 Mobile Ad-Tech Companies Are Banding Together on Standards for GDPR
With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (or GDPR) looming, a handful of advertising and marketing tech companies are […]
Legislation
GDPR Myths and Monsters
Everybody has heard of fake news. Any politician worthy of their claim to modernity has dispensed the term as a […]
EU plans more powers for consumers to sue companies
The European Union plans more powers for consumers to sue firms such as Volkswagen (after the Dieselgate scandal showed the […]
UK’s DPA releases data protection self assessment tool
The ICO’s data protection self assessment toolkit helps you assess your organisation’s compliance with data protection law and helps you […]
ICANN will not get a moratorium on GDPR compliance
Data Protection Authorities that ICANN rightly insisted on seeking guidance from, told ICANN exactly what the Noncommercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) […]
ITALY: Privacy Code to be repealed, what to expect with the GDPR?
The current draft of Italian privacy law repeals the Privacy Code, integrating the GDPR reveals with some interesting news, but […]
Portugal: Draft GDPR implementation law can still “be improved to eliminate inconsistencies”
The Government introduced, on 26 March 2018, law proposal no. 120/XIII for the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation […]
Facebook Will No Longer Oppose A Consumer Privacy Measure in California
The tech company spent $200,000 to oppose the measure, but reversed course on Wednesday following CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s congressional testimony […]
Australian bill to create back door into encrypted apps in ‘advanced stages’
The Australian government is pushing ahead with controversial legislation it says will create “back doors” into encrypted communication services – […]
Data Protection Impact Assessment
Article 35 of the GDPR provides for Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIA). According to Article 35(1) a DPIA is required […]
Exporting the EU Privacy Regime Through Trade Instruments?
On January 31, 2018, the European Commission endorsed horizontal clauses on cross-border data flows, data protection and privacy in trade […]
Privacy Goes Global: An Interview With Tim Harty
In the United States, we’ve been talking about privacy for at least a century. In December 1890, the Harvard Law […]