Controller and Processor standard clauses
The French DPA (CNIL) and Spanish DPA (AGDP) have issued two guides for data processors, namely “Règlement européen sur la […]
regulation
LIBE votes to push Lauristin’s ePrivacy Regulation forward
Members of the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee handed privacy and data protection advocates a big win Thursday when they […]
Our intimate relationship with surveillance
It’s often true that privacy professionals talk about the datafication of our lives as being impersonal. In fact, however, data […]
Automated Decisions – A Right for Individuals or A Prohibition for Controllers?
The complexity of the EU General Data Protection Regulation is often alleviated by the guidance of regulatory authorities who contribute […]
EC Will Not Push For Encryption “Backdoors”, But Member States Might
The European Commission announced this week a package of counter-terrorism measures as part of its European Agenda on Security initiative. […]
Scope of rules on profiling not confined to solely automated processing
Laws that place restrictions on the ‘profiling’ of individuals do not just apply to data processing completed entirely automatically, EU […]
Holes in Australia’s privacy law
While Australia’s privacy law has made a good start in encouraging better security hygiene, it may not go far enough […]
Small businesses at risk of being overwhelmed by data protection burden
With eight months until the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), the countdown is well and truly on […]
Survey reveals lack of awareness of GDPR among company directors
Two in five company directors in the UK do not know whether new EU data protection laws will apply to […]
The government’s report on AI doesn’t recommend regulating it
The review of artificial intelligence argues a new AI council should be created but it wouldn’t be in charge of […]
Data protection and digital single market struggle to combine in Europe
Given the extraordinary boom of the digital economy, Europeans’ data protection should be a priority, according to Director General for […]
European Parliament’s LIBE Committee Approves Amended ePrivacy Regulation
On October 19, 2017, the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs narrowly voted to approve an […]