Microsoft to comply with the data localisation requests from all countries
Microsoft is committed to complying with the law of the land when it comes to data privacy and will honour […]
US
Sen. Mark Warner on breaking up Facebook and Congress’ plan to regulate tech
For the past two years, Silicon Valley has faced a reckoning in Congress, but there’s been no matching push for […]
Will Google+ be the final push US Congress needs to pass restrictions on data use?
Congress held a hearing a few weeks ago in response to news that Google kept secret a flaw that exposed […]
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 […]
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 […]