The Behavioral Economics of Why Executives Underinvest in Cybersecurity
The digital threat landscape changes constantly, and it’s very difficult to know the probability of any given attack succeeding — […]
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EDPS publishes Opinion on the proposal for a Regulation establishing a single digital gateway and the ‘once-only’ principle
The successful implementation of an EU-wide once-only principle to enable the lawful exchange of data across EU borders depends on ensuring […]
Transferring personal data outside the EU: Clarification from the CJEU?
Legal analysis of opinion of Court of Justice of European Union (CJEU) regarding agreement between Canada and the European Union […]
Data sanitization isn’t what you think it is, but a new group hopes to change that
A new alliance of IT and security professionals wants to promote best practices and spread awareness of a standard definition. […]
GDPR – sorting the fact from the fiction
Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham separates fact from fiction regarding GDPR and financial penalties. Source: GDPR – sorting the fact from […]
The Guardian view on data protection: a vital check on power
The UK government plans to harmonise our data protection laws with the EU’s. This is necessary and sensible, too. Source: […]
The Guardian view on a Swedish scandal: the precedence of privacy
Governments forget at their peril that they must nowadays guard their citizens’ data as carefully as they guard their physical […]
Why a Data Privacy Officer isn’t the solution for GDPR
Applying a customer identity and access management platform to your organisation could better prepare your business for GDPR. Source: Why […]
Royal Free Undertaking exposes weakness in data protection enforcement regime
The ICO’s enforcement (or lack of enforcement depending on your view) in the Royal Free/DeepMind case has divided the data […]
FTC Launches Series of Blog Posts on “Reasonable Steps” to Protect Consumer Data
On July 21, 2017, the FTC announced its publication of “Stick with Security,” a series of blog posts on reasonable […]
What CJEU decision on PNR means for Privacy Shield and Brexit?
Today, the Court of Justice of the European Union gave its opinion on the proposed agreement between the EU and […]
Legal boffins poke holes in EU lawmaker’s ePrivacy proposals
The report (PDF), written by five experts from the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam, says that […]