Facebook’s court appeal over data transfer case set for January
Facebook’s unprecedented Supreme Court appeal aimed at halting a referral to the European Court of Justice (CJEU) concerning the validity […]
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Pentagon Wants to Predict Anti-Trump Protests Using Social Media Surveillance
A series of research projects, patent filings, and policy changes indicate that the Pentagon wants to use social media surveillance […]
US Draft Bill Imposes Steep Penalties and Expands FTC’s Authority to Regulate Privacy
On November 1, 2018, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released a draft bill, the Consumer Data Protection Act , that seeks […]
EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework Joint Annual Review 2.0
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced several enforcement actions in late 2017, on the eve of the first annual joint […]
US Firms Have Begun Addressing GDPR Shortcomings
A survey of 145 US corporate directors of public company boards conducted by BDO USA during August 2018 has revealed that […]
Why Privacy Regulations Don’t Always Do What They’re Meant To
Sweeping privacy regulations, in short, are likely coming to the United States. That should be welcome news, given the sad, arguably […]
Apple expected to say GDPR a model for US privacy regulation
According to a report from Reuters, Apple CEO Tim Cook will praise the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as […]
EU and US begin second annual review of Privacy Shield
EU and US officials have begun the second annual review of the Privacy Shield, an important framework that facilitates the […]
Consumers say they want much more control over their personal data
Janrain, which polled more than 1,000 U.S. consumers. The survey found that two-thirds of US adults want government to pass […]
Apple gives U.S. users tool to see what data it has collected
Apple on Wednesday rolled out an online tool to users in the United States and several other countries to download, […]
Key Developments in Internet of Things Law
California Signs the First IoT Security Bill into Law, and the FTC Submits Comments to the Consumer Product Safety Commission […]
Google Plus Will Be Shut Down After User Information Was Exposed
Google did not notify authorities of the vulnerabilities in Google Plus, which exposed the data of up to 500,000 users. Google […]