Can you appoint in-house legal counsel as a DPO? – Guidance from Germany
Under the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which will start to apply on 25 May 2018, many companies will […]
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Hacked and hacked off: without change this new data law will fail victims
The data protection bill must be amended so independent organisations acting in the public interest can help consumers to get […]
Privacy in 2018: Expect the unexpected
Making predictions for the year ahead is possibly as desirable as unreliable. In a world of unlimited data and advanced […]
Predictions 2018: What tighter European GDPR will mean for marketers
The forthcoming EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to be one of the biggest data privacy reforms set […]
On building an internet of safe and useful things
With the booming market for voice-controlled virtual personal assistant devices like Google’s Home and Amazon’s Echo, and warnings from the […]
The top five contested issues in the EU’s developing ePrivacy Regulation
Many voices and perspectives from consumer groups to industry associations to regulators have weighed in on the terms of the […]
Blockchain And Privacy
Discussions about “blockchain” technology seem to be everywhere these days, with potential applications spanning industries as diverse as banking, healthcare, […]
6 months to GDPR: What’s next?
With May 2018 looming on the horizon, the vast majority of companies still have a long journey ahead of them […]
Mapping Data Protection Strategies For The New Year
Today, we think of a comprehensive data protection strategy in terms of a well-balanced, two-pronged approach. We need to take […]
GDPR is not Y2K
There are still some myths out there though and, as we approach Christmas and New Year, there’s one in particular […]
If GDPR Compliance Doesn’t Start With Information Governance, You’ll Probably Fail
Most discussions regarding the EU’s impending General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) — scheduled for implementation in May 2018 — focus […]
Seizing Opportunity in Data Quality
The cost of bad data is an astonishing 15% to 25% of revenue for most companies. Source: Seizing Opportunity in […]