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
Apple faces antitrust lawsuit for mistreating Jamf
Apple's recent treatment of Jamf is considered anti-competitive. Furthermore, the tech giant's new device man...
Former Qualcomm VP indicted for multi-million dollar fraud scheme
Karim Arabi, the former vice president of research and development at Qualcomm, faces fraud charges for the s...
Facebook and Instagram remain available in Europe for now
Facebook and Instagram are staying online for the foreseeable future. The Irish Data Protection Authority (DP...
EU’s GDPR is set to impact ecommerce sites worldwide
The banning of Google Analytics will make business difficult for most eCommerce businesses. Recent decisio...
Small businesses gauge how Apple’s privacy changes may affect them
Small businesses worldwide are cutting down marketing spending because of the latest privacy changes made by ...
Amazon to expand its palm print-based payment system
The tech giant is rolling out new palm print checkout systems to select Whole Foods and other POS locations. ...
EU privacy advocate goes after non-compliant cookie banners on websites
Austria-based noyb has launched new complaints over failure to comply with cookie consent rules. European ...
Brussels disagrees over usage of online ads for political campaigns
A top Brussels official has opposed demands from Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to completely ban ...
Criteo could face a $65M fine in France for breaching consent rules
French advertizing giant Criteo was found in violation of European Union data protection legislation and fine...
Rackspace is now qualified to assess data security in the payment card industry
Rackspace Technology recently made headlines for achieving the status of a Qualified Security Assessor Compan...