Lithuanian DPA launches investigation into D-Link
In response to publicly available information, the Lithuanian data protection authority – State Data Protection Inspectorate – launched an self-initiated […]
privacy policies
The New York Times analysed 150 Privacy Policies of popular services
The New York Times analysed 150 Privacy Policies of popular services. The average policy took 18 minutes to finish and required […]
Dutch DPA Issues Guidelines on Privacy Policies Following Investigation
On April 17, 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority issued six recommendations for companies, to be taken into account when […]
EDPS: We need to talk about terms and conditions
Terms of service are generally designed to safeguard a service provider against legal challenges. These terms are not like a […]
Dutch DPA Issues Guidelines on Privacy Policies Following Investigation
On April 17, 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the “Dutch DPA”) issued six recommendations (in Dutch) […]
Notice and Choice Are No Longer a Choice
How many applications do you have on your phone? Average people have around 80. For each of those applications, you […]
Berlin court rules against Apple data protection guidelines
The Court of Appeal in Berlin has ruled that the data protection guidelines used by Apple in 2011 were partially […]
Google Takes New Policy Approach Amid Growing Global Threats
Alphabet Inc.’s Google is reorganizing its approach to global policy, including the addition of resources to emerging markets, according to […]
Who controls your data?
There is an elephant in the room to address here: Understanding data privacy is fundamentally boring, if not unintelligible, to […]
Apple App Store Privacy Policy to be Updated
App Store rules will oblige developers will have to disclose how users’ personal data is used, safeguarded and shared under […]
Apps collect more data than disclosed in their privacy policies
Nearly 60 per cent of apps collected more information than declared in their privacy policies according to a recent study […]
Apple will require all apps to have a privacy policy as of October 3
Apple is cracking down on apps that don’t communicate to users how their personal data is used, secured or shared. […]