Are Google and Facebook Undermining Europe’s Privacy Rules?
There are growing concerns from regulators, publishers, and privacy watchdogs about the ways that two internet giants—Google and Facebook—plan to […]
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What Europe’s Tough New Data Law Means for You, and the Internet
The European Union is introducing some of the strictest online privacy rules in the world. The changes aim to give […]
Privacy experts: GDPR will help consumers indirectly
The European Union’s new privacy protection rules are being described as a game-changing new standard that’s already being felt in […]
Post-GDPR, Clients Will Own Data And Agencies Must Get Creative
The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides impetus for brands to take a stronger hand in the stewardship of […]
Avoiding 3 GDPR Pitfalls
A recent industry report found that an overwhelming number of organizations in the U.S. and EU are unprepared for the […]
Tech firms have replaced government as biggest threat to privacy
Former CIA and former NSA chief Michael Hayden said Tuesday that technology firms have replaced the government as the biggest […]
EU: data-harvesting tech firms are ‘sweatshops of connected world’
The European data protection supervisor has hit out at social media and tech firms over the recent constant stream of […]
GDPR: Lost in translation?
For privacy professionals who are not familiar with the EU’s legal culture: Even if you think you understand all the […]
Are you really Facebook’s product? The history of a dangerous idea.
On March 21, at the height of the scandal over Cambridge Analytica’s harvesting of Facebook user data for political targeting, […]
Data management isn’t just about compliance
Strong data policies and practices needn’t be motivated by avoiding penalties from newly empowered regulators. They should be pursued because […]
The wealth of our collective data should belong to all of us
The Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes lays out why we all should benefit from the profits produced by our data. Nearly […]
How Well-Intentioned Privacy Regulation Could Boost Market Power of Facebook & Google
With the exception of probably only Google, no firm other than Facebook likely has enough lawyers, lobbyists, and money to […]