Data Privacy
UK and US target data adequacy agreement in 2023 after first tech summit
Data adequacy and cross-border privacy rules were on the agenda at the first "comprehensive dialogue on technology and data" meeting…
Government accused of ‘Kafkaesque’ collection of energy price guarantee data
The UK government will be collecting energy use data on users including personally identifiable information as part of its Energy…
Privacy actives: One in three consumers switch suppliers over data practices
A third of consumers care enough about privacy to ditch a service provider in response to its data protection practices,…
Microsoft in Talks to Buy TikTok in Four of Five Eyes Nations – UK Not Included
Microsoft has confirmed it is in talks with TikTok over the sale of the video platform’s presence in four of…
The Rising Tide of Privacy Regulations: Data Policy Trends to Watch in 2019
This years seemingly endless series of data scandals and breaches have transformed the way that citizens and governments think about…
The Tortoise and the Hare: SAS on the Race Between Innovation and Privacy Under GDPR
At SAS’s Analytics X 2018 conference in Milan on Wednesday, the American multinational's Olivier Penel likened an organisation’s challenge of…
Google Cloud Highlights its GDPR Compliance at Next London 2018
Google Cloud has detailed how its privacy and data handling has been bolstered by Europe’s recently enforced general data protection…
Facebook on €7 billion GDPR Lawsuit: We Absolutely Are Compliant
Facebook bête noire Max Schrems, the Austrian privacy campaigner, today launched lawsuits worth over €7 billion under GDPR – Europe’s…
Data Privacy Day 2018: Four predictions for the future of data protection
Data Privacy Day was first marked back in 2008 to honour the signing of Convention 108, an international treaty concerning privacy…
Facebook readies users for GDPR arrival
Facebook has released a set of privacy principles it uses for handling user data in preparation for GDPR, the social…