GDPR Compliance: We’ve Only Just Begun
Complying with the GDPR is a marathon, not a sprint. You’re an in-house lawyer for a company with significant European […]
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The Next Cold War Is Here, and It’s All About Data
The General Data Protection Regulation coming to Europe this spring emphasizes how different societies value personal data and privacy. Combatants […]
CNIL’s notice on collection of smart meters data shows likely approach of DPAs post-GDPR
The French data protection authority (‘CNIL’) announced, on 27 March 2018, that it had issued a formal notice to DIRECT […]
Businesses face three month delay to ‘high risk’ data processing
Businesses could be forced to put major new technology projects on hold for more than three months if they trigger […]
Mark Zuckerberg Thinks We’re Idiots
Tanks to the Cambridge Analytica revelations, we’re finding out that Facebook allowed a much broader and deeper prostitution of our […]
The Next Hot Area Of Law: Privacy
The demand for lawyers who understand privacy is high — and will only get higher in the years ahead. My […]
Regression in human rights safeguards ‘likely’ post-Brexit
Brexit is likely to bring about a “significant regression” in human rights safeguards in the UK, the European Parliament has […]
Ansip: telecoms operators should be able to monetize the data
Andrus Ansip, the EU commissioner in charge of the Digital Single Market, said that all companies should be able to […]
Is It Possible To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook?
You might be asking this question after revelations that personal data were used by a firm tied to the Trump […]
Paul Ford: Facebook Is Why We Need a Digital Protection Agency
It’s time for a digital protection agency. It’s clear ethics don’t scale, and it’s not just Facebook’s problem. Over and […]
Are Cambridge Analytica’s psychometric insights all that insightful?
Facebook thinks I like snow and a small dog I’ve never heard of. What else has the data got wrong? […]
Data management isn’t just about compliance
The Australian business landscape is awash with new regulations and obligations surrounding privacy and data use. Between the mandatory data […]