The boring truth about email security
Every copy of every email sent to/from you resides on some other email server. Email is out there – it […]
opinion
How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
It used to signal a quiet, anonymous life. Now privacy is a premium that may be out of reach for […]
What do data protection and privacy look like in Macron’s republique?
As the smoke clears from the heated french presidential election, Emmanuel Macron is left standing but what does this victory […]
Integrating transparency into your day-to-day operations to be GDPR ready
New EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires controllers to provide much more information to data subject that existing EU […]
Big Data analytics in Europe – the reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Some say that new EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is not fit for modern age of Big Data, artificial […]
Outsourcing your organization’s DPO duties? Consider this.
This article explains what exactly is role of data protection officer (DPO) and what to take into consideration when outsourcing […]
Article 29 Working Party Issues Guidance on Data Protection Impact Assessments
Article 29 Working Party has published draft guidance on data protection impact assessments (DPIA). Its full text of is available on […]
Privacy watchdog: businesses that demand personal data in return for services run foul of new EU data protection laws
In his opinion on ePrivacy Regulation, European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli indicated that businesses that require consumers to provide data […]
European Commission, experts uneasy over WP29 data portability interpretation
The European Commission has written to EU privacy regulators to express concern over their interpretation of the data portability clause […]
Watchdog queries scope of rules on ‘profiling’ under the GDPR
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has identified an anomaly between the definition of profiling in the GDPR and how profiling […]
Working Party Adopts Opinion on Proposed ePrivacy Regulation
On April 4, 2017, the Article 29 Working Party (the “Working Party”) adopted an Opinion on the Proposed Regulation of the […]
Is Data Protection Law Growing Teeth? The Current Lack of Sanctions in Data Protection Law and Administrative Fines under the GDPR
This article looks at the current lack of enforcement and sanctions in European Data Protection Law with a particular focus […]