Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
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Google Chrome gets improved privacy control for cookies
Google has announced new privacy updates for its browser Google Chrome. The update will make significant chang...
“FTC is internally divided over the amount of Facebook’s fine.
The American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is said to be internally divided on the level and magnitude of the...
Google allows automatic deletion of location history
Google has announced that it will make it possible to have the location history and the web and app activities...
Deal Facebook and FTC may include a privacy monitoring committee.
Facebook and the American Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are negotiating a possible deal, whereby the social m...
Research: ‘GDPR has changed data management practices little’.
According to research by data protection company Varonis Systems, the European privacy legislation GDPR has ch...
“Amazon Alexa team can see where users live.
A team at Amazon that listens to recorded voice commands from Amazon Alexa users could in some cases find out ...
Facebook expects privacy fine of up to 5 billion U.S. dollars
Facebook expects to get a fine of between $3 billion and $5 billion from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Th...
Microsoft refuses to share face recognition technology with police
Microsoft has refused to share its facial recognition technology with the police in California, reports Reuter...
Tax and Customs Administration still does not comply with GDPR Privacy Act
One year after the introduction of the European Privacy Act, the Tax and Customs Administration reports that G...
Researchers make 3D printed heart with biological materials
Tel Aviv University researchers printed the first bloodstained 3D heart using the patient's own cells and biol...