Mexico joins the data protection convention
On June 19 Mexico acceded to the Council of Europe´s Convention for the Protection of Individuals with regard to Automatic […]
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Call for American GDPR
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the 28-year-old first time candidate in New York’s 12th district, wants America to have aggressive privacy regulations similar to […]
Dutch gov’t can keep Big Data law in current form, court rules
The government does not have to withdraw its new law on the Dutch intelligence and security services in its current […]
Domain names and WHOIS information in a post-GDPR world
With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) having taken effect across the EU on 25 May 2018, this has meant […]
GDPR Enforcement: Is it really about the fines?
In the lead up to the General Data Protection Regulation, so much of the focus was on fines and regulatory […]
Will Bulgaria get ePrivacy done in time?
Earlier this month the current Bulgarian Presidency of the European Council sent out a progress report on the draft ePrivacy […]
EU ministers to consider proposals on drone safety standards
On Tuesday, the European Parliament agreed draft regulations to create EU standards for manufacturers which must now be put before […]
How GDPR changes use of Browser Fingerprinting and Web Trackers
Browser fingerprinting is on a collision course with privacy regulations. Compared to more well-known tracking “cookies,” browser fingerprinting is trickier […]
Implementing appropriate security under the GDPR
Security of processing is a foundational principle of the GDPR. Under Article 5(1)(f), personal data shall be “processed in a […]
No cross-checking on consent needed under PSD2
Banks do not need to check whether their customers have given other companies permission to access information from their payment […]
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 is not at all like the GDPR
There seems to be a rise in fearmongering about the next big potential privacy legislation on the horizon after GDPR […]
GDPR implementation bills: The election problem
It is by now no secret that a lot of EU countries won’t have implementing acts ready in time for […]