Privacy

A first-of-its-kind judicial decision sets out the rules for lawful tracking in an epidemic outbreak situation. The Israeli Supreme Court strikes a balance between COVID-19-related contact tracing technology and the right to privacy in a landmark decision about the government’s limits of power and the rights to privacy and dignity.…

Operations of every size in every industry are integrating privacy into the way they do business, but the best develop programs and products with privacy as the centerpiece to maximize consumer trust. Each year, the IAPP Innovation Awards shine light on two distinguished operations that have shown outstanding innovation and…

The issue of data privacy has risen dramatically over the past few years, from a fringe concept to a major regulatory concern, particularly with the creation of GDPR. But what predictions do experts have for data privacy in 2020? We heard from experts across the technology space about their predictions…

Written by: Doc Searls – Author of The Intention Economy, co-author of The Cluetrain Manifesto, Fellow of CITS at UCSB, alumnus Fellow of the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard. Jun 23 When Archimedes said “Give me a place to stand and I can move the world, he was talking about agency.…

Security and risk management leaders, including CISOs and privacy professionals, must recognize maturing privacy regulations to ensure a privacy-friendly operation. Privacy is a business-critical discipline for many organizations, enforced by multiple regulations. Most recently, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has driven a global movement of maturing privacy and data protection…

The UK’s privacy watchdog has said the government can legally use personal data from people’s mobile phones to track and monitor behaviour if it helps fight the spread of coronavirus. It emerged last week that the government was in talks with UK mobile phone companies to potentially use anonymous location and usage…

April 30, 2020   U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, John Thune, R-S.D, chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, Jerry Moran, R-Kan., chairman of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, Insurance and Data Security, and…

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an equally urgent digital rights crisis. New measures being hurried in to curb the spread of the virus, from “biosurveillance” and online tracking to censorship, are potentially as world-changing as the disease itself. These changes aren’t necessarily temporary, either: once in place, many of them…

The GDPR, or General Data Protection and Regulation, is going into effect in May 2018 throughout the European Union (EU) and presents important legal changes and challenges for organizations and consumers alike. Interactions and relationships between customers and businesses are transforming; the GDPR shifts authority over customer data from the business…

As COVID-19 continues to spread, the data collected from those who are infected will increase greatly. As the number of infected individuals rises, so does the potential stigma associated with infection. As a result, companies that collect data indicating infection status – even incidentally – must handle that information in…