The Chief Legal Officer of Google and Alphabet, Kent Walker, points out that for the existence of an open and accessible internet is essential for EU and US to agree on a new international data transfer framework. Walker’s blog also addressed the recent Austrian Data Protection Authority decision ruling that Google Analytics does not provide...

As per a press release, Congresswomen Anna G. Eshoo, Jan Schakowsky and Senator Cory Booker have put forth a bill to prohibit advertising networks and facilitators from using personal data to target advertisements, with some exceptions. The bill also prohibits advertisers from targeting ads based on protected class information, such as race, gender, and religion,...

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) issued an enforcement notice to the UK Ministry of Justice for violation of the EU and UK GDPR. The notice reveals that the Ministry of Justice has contravened Article 15 of the EU and UK GDPR and Section 45 of the UK DPA Act of 2018, in that it...

The Australian Attorney General Department had disseminated a discussion paper on the Privacy Act Review. The discussion paper elicited responses from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), suggesting reforms chalked out through the body’s regulatory experience. The recommendations from OAIC focus on enhancing accountability measures and simultaneously empowering customers and other data subjects....

In light of usage of smart cameras in public places, CNIL has disseminated its position through a draft document in order to find a balance between the placement of such devices and the respect for individual privacy rights. These devices contain automated image processing software which might impact privacy of people captures in the images....

The Government or Ontario released recently six principles known as ‘beta principles’ that would apply to data powered technology in processes associated with the Government. Transparent and explainable, good and fair, safe, accountable and responsible, human centric, and sensible and appropriate constitute the ‘beta principles’. The principles are in the nascent stage of adoption and...

The cyber police department of the Ukrainian Police was successful in apprehending suspects in relation to a cybercrime ring. The ring targeted companies with phishing mails spreading ransomware. The ring was involved in laundering crimes too, through multiple online transactions. Find more here

In a letter addressed to members of Congress, US Chamber of Commerce along with other business organizations stressed the need for a federal privacy law in order to protect consumers equally across the nation. Currently the US see multiple state privacy laws with which businesses have comply and adopt related enforcement policies, rendering business operations...