USA Big Tech encouraged to adopt GDPR-style rules
The multinational tech conglomerate, Cisco Systems has urged tech companies in the US to embrace more regulation and to follow […]
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President Trump Signs Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
President Trump signed an Executive Order (“EO”), “Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence,” that launches a coordinated federal government strategy […]
How should we regulate facial-recognition technology?
The privacy concerns with facial-recognition technology are obvious: Nothing is more “personal” than one’s face. So how is the processing […]
Consent and preference management: A primer
Here are some tactical steps to ensure compliance for businesses impacted by the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the […]
How to comply with both the GDPR and the Cloud Act
On March 23, 2018, U.S. Congress enacted the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act, which had the immediate effect […]
EU Data Protection Board not happy with EU-US Privacy Shield second review
On December 19, the EU Commission released its report on the second review of the EU-US Privacy Shield arrangement, the […]
Data privacy rules in the EU may leave the US behind
The European Union has issued its first fine, cracking down on companies that misuse users’ personal data. Why hasn’t the […]
Inside Facebook’s fight against European regulation
Dozens of Commission documents show how the tech giant pushed back against rules on issues ranging from copyright to privacy. […]
Validity of consent coupled with free online services
The Austrian Data Protection Authority, headed by the chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), provided a clear way […]
Facebook’s Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine
Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations that breached […]
CCPA: How will new privacy law impact trade with America?
You wait years for data privacy regulations to catch up with current data processing requirements and then, like buses, two […]
Department of Commerce Updates Privacy Shield FAQs to Clarify Applicability to UK Personal Data
On December 20, 2018, the Department of Commerce updated its frequently asked questions on the EU-U.S. and Swiss-U.S. Privacy Shield […]