Privacy
How Trump’s Supreme Court Pick Could Influence Digital Privacy (WaPo)
The door is wide open for President Trump to influence the Supreme Court’s approach to privacy in the digital age as he chooses a replacement for retiring Justice Anthony M. Kenn... More
If You Thought GDPR Was Bad – Just Wait for ePrivacy Regulation (IM)
EPR (ePrivacy Regulation) is essentially a complement to the GDPR covering all electronic communications and data. It is intended to provide a single digital data privacy framework... More
How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s on Tonight (NY Times)
The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. But people’s data is also increasingly being vac... More
The Future of Digital Marketing in a Data-Privacy World (WSJ)
Companies have long collected data on consumers to determine what people want and who their potential customers might be. But for anybody doing in business in Europe, how they go a... More
Blockchain May Be Good for Security. But Not So Good for Privacy.
Blockchain technologies are becoming increasingly popular as mechanisms to track transactions between parties. The advantage of this technology over its predecessors is its ability... More
For GDPR Late-Comers, Data Mapping, Security are Key First Steps (IM)
Despite having two years to prepare, and the deadline to do so now past, many organizations are still struggling with how to appropriately and reasonably comply with GDPR. Risks to... More
Cisco CPO: Privacy is Not About Secrecy or Compliance (Dark Reading)
Michelle Dennedy on role of chief privacy officer at Cisco. "Half of my role is making sure we are telling our story appropriately. There are a lot of countries that are still grap... More
Apple Renews iOS 12 Data Security Arms Race With Law Enforcement (eWeek)
Ever since Apple refused demands by the FBI to unlock an iPhone used by a murderous terrorist in December 2015, there’s been a struggle between the company and its pledge to prot... More
New IBM Guardium Tool Detects Sensitive Data for GDPR Compliance (eWeek)
GDPR enforcement officially began on May 25, though an IBM study released on May 6 reported that the majority of organizations would not be compliant with the deadline. Wiggins com... More
How Enterprises Can Make GDPR a Global Data Privacy Standard (eWeek)
While the GDPR privacy requirements are strict and the penalties potentially huge, companies that are making a good-faith effort to be compliant aren’t going to be severely punis... More
Kroll Launches Data Protection Officer Consultancy Services Ahead of GDPR (CDSA)
Kroll has launched Data Protection Officer (DPO) Consultancy Services ahead of the introduction of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25, 2018. Kro... More
Salesforce Data Protection Officer: What the World Needs Now is GDPR (Diginomica)
GDPR was a big theme at last week’s Salesforce World Tour event in London, hardly surprising with the clock running down to Friday’s deadline. It was indicative of the importan... More
Data Privacy in a Personalized Media World (Raconteur)
Television’s place at the heart of mass culture is no more. Streaming services provide higher revenues to entertainment companies than traditional broadcasting and media consumpt... More
How Looming Privacy Regulations May Strengthen Facebook and Google (NY Times)
In Europe and the United States, the conventional wisdom is that regulation is needed to force Silicon Valley’s digital giants to respect people’s online privacy. But new ru... More
The Era of the Chief Privacy Officer: How the Newest C-Suite Role is Protecting Consumers, Companies (Adweek)
While Facebook’s ongoing privacy fiasco thrust it into a massive reputation crisis—not to mention the crosshairs of lawmakers and regulatory agencies—it also laid bare the mu... More
Facebook to Follow Privacy Rules in Europe, Then Everywhere Else (Bloomberg)
Facebook Inc. is starting to comply with new privacy rules in Europe. And then, to get ahead of scrutiny everywhere else, the company said it will provide the same protections to t... More
Zuckerberg Backs Opt-in Legislation ‘In Principle’ (B&C)
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced an hours-long gauntlet of frequently unhappy legislators Tuesday (April 10), in the first of two Hill hearings on privacy and access to Facebook ... More
Credit Card Companies Eliminating Signature Requirements (FBN)
It’s the end of an era that few people seemed to notice. This month, all major credit card companies will stop requiring a signature for purchases made with a card that uses a se... More
Criminals Gain as 339 Illegal Streams Detected for Joshua vs. Parker (CDSA)
As Anthony Joshua defeated Joseph Parker on Saturday night to now hold the WBO, WBA, IBF and IBO Heavyweight titles, Irdeto identified 339 streams that illegally redistributed the ... More
Magic Leap Ships First Set of Devices Under Tight Security Constraints (Bloomberg)
Magic Leap has quietly begun sending its mysterious augmented reality headsets into the wild. A small group of software developers recently received devices at their offices, accor... More
