Airport Surveillance Takes Off in a New, Dangerous Direction
In 2018, we learned that expanded biometric surveillance is coming to an airport near you. This includes face recognition, iris […]
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New FPF Study Documents More Than 150 European Companies Participating in the EU-US Data Transfer Mechanism
Week ago the European Commission published its second annual review of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, finding that “the U.S. continues […]
US told to appoint a damn Privacy Shield ombudsperson already or EU will take action
The European Commission’s second annual review of the Privacy Shield agreement made similar noises to last year’s, concluding the deal […]
EU-US Privacy Shield passes second annual review
Despite the lack of a permanent ombudsperson, the European Commission confirmed on Wednesday that the Privacy Shield had passed its second […]
Facebook Sued by District of Columbia Over Cambridge Analytica
The attorney general of the District of Columbia, Karl Racine, sued Facebook on Wednesday for allowing the political consulting firm […]
Federal data privacy bill introduced by 15 US senators
The US doesn’t have a single data privacy law that applies to all fifty states. On Wednesday, a group of […]
The End of Privacy Began in the 1960s
The privacy warriors of the 1960s would have been astounded by what the tech industry has become. They would be […]
Marriott attack adds urgency to calls for tougher privacy laws in US
Democratic senators are demanding tougher data privacy laws and bigger fines in the States for organisations that fall short in […]
New Law Could Give U.K. Unconstitutional Access to Americans’ Personal Data
This form of international data-sharing could put Americans’ privacy at risk and expose citizens to potential Fourth Amendment abuses, critics […]
GDPR vs. CCPA
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) and the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (‘CCPA’) both aim […]
GDPR territorial guide has ‘sting in tail’ for US companies
Guidance published by an EU data protection watchdog on the territorial scope of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is […]
The CLOUD Act and the Warrant Canaries That (Sometimes) Live There
The Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Pub. L. No. 115-141 (2018), or the CLOUD Act, was enacted in […]