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.
Timeline
Google shifts responsibility all European data services to Ireland
Google today announced that it will amend its terms and conditions and privacy policy. The company has designa...
BKR acts in violation of European privacy legislation GDPR’.
The Bureau Krediet Registratie (BKR) appears to be erecting unnecessary barriers for people who want to see th...
“Windows 10 collects activity history even after deactivation.
A user of the popular Reddit site discovered that Windows 10 continues to collect the activity history of user...
Microsoft comes up with code of conduct for facial recognition technology
This summer, Microsoft boss Brad Smith called on governments to take a closer look at how facial recognition t...
“Amazon wants to set up cash-less shops at airports.
Amazon would plan to take its cash-less stores to airports. Reuters reports that on the basis of public data a...
Australia adopts controversial law on encryption
The Australian Parliament has passed a law requiring all tech companies to hand over encrypted data if request...
DuckDuckGo: ‘Even in incognito mode, you can’t escape Google Search algorithms’.
Users in an incognito window cannot escape the algorithms of Google Search. That suggests an investigation by ...
Account data of one hundred million users Quora hacked
The data of more than one hundred million users of question-and-answer site Quora have been stolen. Quora desc...
GDPR complaint against Google about collecting location data
A number of European consumer associations had filed a complaint against Google. The company would use manipul...
Microsoft briefly overthrew Apple as the world’s most valuable company
For the first time in years, Apple has given up its crown as the most valuable company in the world. On Monday...