Privacy

The U.S. Setting an American Framework to Ensure Data Access, Transparency, and Accountability Act (SAFE DATA) represents the latest stage of evolution in omnibus federal privacy legislation. The bill is sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., who chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation, and co-sponsored by several other…

The unexpected Schrems II decision was a major blow to digital trade across the Atlantic, invalidating the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement and forcing companies to very quickly revamp their data handling processes. There was some question as to whether this ruling would extend to the similar Switzerland-US Privacy Shield agreement,…

Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections and political affairs around the world, according to an explosive memo sent by a recently fired Facebook employee and obtained by BuzzFeed News. The 6,600-word memo, written by former Facebook data…

Facebook has significant concerns about its ability to deliver its services to its 400 million European users over the Data Protection Commissioner’s decision regarding the transfer of data to the social media giant’s US parent, the High Court has heard. Late last month the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) informed Facebook…

This series by the team at Sentinel examines the rationale and benefits of building a culture of privacy in your organization by highlighting five organizational drivers that, in combination, can result in lasting change. In this final article, we’ll provide a look at how a culture of privacy can help…

By Daniel Therrien, Privacy Commissioner of Canada The pandemic has made clear the importance of science, data and technology in addressing a public health crisis and its many social and economic consequences. It has accelerated the digitization of our lives, moving more of our activities online in an effort to…

Apple is delaying a controversial new privacy feature it’s implementing with iOS 14 that will require developers ask users for permission to gather data and track them across mobile apps and websites on the iPhone and iPad, the company announced in a developer update posted Thursday. Apple originally intended to put…

A yearlong analysis of Facebook – Ad Library has revealed “significant systemic flaws” in the way the platform monitors and enforces its political ad rules, according to researchers at New York University. The issues were uncovered as part of the NYU team’s audit of the Ad Library between May 2018 and June…

The country needs to pass federal privacy legislation to establish a national standard for individual rights. Today, too many state laws exist, creating confusion and duplication. We need to create a national standard that would apply to all businesses and organizations. By not having a national standard, we miss the…

New Zealand’s privacy laws are changing with the Privacy Act 2020 due to come into effect on 1 December 2020. You’ve probably heard about the changes, including the introduction of a new privacy principle, but do you have a good grasp of what you will need to do to comply?…