Tech firms know more about us than any spy agency says ex-GCHQ chief
Big internet firms know more about the lives of private individuals than any intelligence agency ever has and that is […]
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Andrew Yang proposes that your digital data be considered personal property
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang published his latest policy proposal: to treat data as a property right. Announcing […]
Design considerations for building privacy-protecting analytics services
If data is the new oil, then analytics are the new refinery without which any modern business is unable to […]
10 reasons why the GDPR is the opposite of a ‘notice and consent’ type of law
A ‘notice and consent’ privacy law puts the entire burden of privacy protection on the person and then it doesn’t […]
EDPS publishes opinion on communication data as personal data
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published, on 11 September 2019, the pleading notes before the Court of Justice of […]
Terms, Conditions and Considerations Under the GDPR
With the recent major GDPR cases on Facebook and Google, DPOs at smaller companies are getting worried and challenged in […]
Why Bringing Data Privacy Management To The Board Level Will Reduce Data Breaches
Learning from recent breaches and the need for a greater understanding of privacy in the enterprise, it’s time for companies […]
How long should it take to risk-score a privacy incident?
If you’ve been in the privacy world for any amount of time, you recognize there has been a marked increase […]
Build an Online Presence Without Giving Up Privacy
Every social network might as well be LinkedIn. Every hiring manager will do a Google search on your name, most […]
Data Scraping – Considering the Privacy Issues
Data scraping is a general term that describes a plethora of Internet-based data retrieval methodologies, used without the permission of […]
On privacy impact assessment and leaking data of millions of users
Anonymizing location data is hard. If you absolutely need to do this, better consult someone knowledgable. Privacy impact assessments should […]
Data Breaches Show it’s Time to Rethink Use of Social Security Numbers
The Social Security number — created in 1936 to track Americans’ social benefits — was never meant to be a […]