Top news of the week: 06.10.2021.
Data Privacy
There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data
A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements
Data geopolitics: The UK is moving fast on data transfers with possible adequacy for the Dubai International Financial Centre
The United Kingdom (UK) is demonstrating its agility on data transfers after leaving the European Union (EU). Through its global data plans and new strategic alliances (i.e., adequacy ...
Ireland is a ‘GDPR bottleneck’ that lets big tech off the hook
The architect of the EU law believes a centralised regulator with real teeth is required
Thailand’s cybersecurity negligence causes personal data breaches
Data law delay blamed for accidental release of records of 106 million tourists.
What Would Happen If Mark Zuckerberg Deleted All of Facebook?
Mark Zuckerberg fucking loves Facebook. He thinks it’s great. Were someone to tell him it sucked—using phrases like “surveillance capitalism,” “passive radicalization,” “kind of a boring ...
Privacy Futures: Fed-up Consumers Take Their Data Back
In 2019, usable security will become the new buzzword and signal a rejection of the argument that there must be a trade-off between convenience and security and privacy.
Senior Agent - Lawyer - Data Protection Function (FGIV)
The incumbent carries out the following main functions and duties: • Contribute to the development of working packages on data protection accountability as part of the evaluation …