How One of Apple’s Key Privacy Safeguards Falls Short
Apple has boasted of its use of a cutting-edge data science known as “differential privacy.” Researchers say they’re doing it […]
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Focus on Google DeepMind under the GDPR’s Lens
The Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) ruled, on 3 July 2017, that the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust (the Trust) had […]
Demonstrating Responsible Use for Legitimate Interests Is Necessary Now
To address the gap in the practical use of legitimate interests to demonstrate accountability, the IAF has developed a legitimate […]
Acxiom’s European Privacy Officer (Mostly) Demystifies GDPR
GDPR was supposed to establish what sort of data sites can collect without asking for an opt-in. However, a part of […]
GDPR consent and fair processing
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 which comes into force in May 2018, will […]
CIPL Issues Comments on the Proposal for an EU ePrivacy Regulation
The Centre for Information Policy Leadership (“CIPL”) issued a white paper on the Proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. The White […]
Three Types of Data in the GDPR
The paper aims to determine how the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could be read in harmony with Article 29 […]
Data protection is not just a matter of law
Updating the 1998 UK Data Protection Act is necessary because in May 2018 a sweeping new EU general directive on […]
Behavioral advertising industry slams ePrivacy plans
In scenes reminiscent of the last days of GDPR drafting, lobbyists from the advertising industry queued up to give European […]
Bărbulescu ruling: Workplace privacy is alive and kicking
On Sept. 5, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a landmark judgement about privacy and monitoring at the […]
Common GDPR myths, debunked
A flurry of “GDPR experts” have surfaced over the last year to help businesses navigate the forthcoming European data privacy […]
EU states’ data retention laws still violating privacy rights, report warns
Two legal judgements at the highest level in Europe in recent years have reaffirmed that all Member States’ data retention […]