Top news of the week: 27.02.2020.
Law, Privacy enhancing technologies, Data privacy, Privacy law, Political privacy, Privacy
Data Privacy
RT @WolfieChristl: NEW: We examined in detail how 10 popular smartphone apps secretly share extensive personal information with at least 135 companies, systematically breaking EU data protection law. This must end.
Two massive reports + legal complaints against 6 companies: https://t.co/k5obc3qSgW https://t.co/TrSAsSoC2p
OpenNew study: The advertising industry is systematically breaking the law
Based on the findings, more than 20 consumer and civil society organisations in Europe and from different parts of the world are urging their authorities to investigate the practices of the ...
RT @cpomagazine: New NIST #Privacy Framework helps to identify potential blind spots even if an organization already has a robust #privacy and #security strategy in place. #respectdata https://t.co/Xcd7TYfdll
OpenNew NIST Privacy Framework Aims to Help Organizations Achieve Better Data Protection, Compliance With New Privacy Laws
New NIST Privacy Framework together with its existing Cybersecurity Framework provide a road map on cyber industry security, data handling standards and best practices for organizations.
RT @klillington: Big tech ‘procedural queries’ delay decision on first DPC data fines https://t.co/5dom9QrYTv via @IrishTimesBiz
OpenBig tech ‘procedural queries’ delay decision on first data fines – watchdog
Data Protection Commissioner assessing issues around information-sharing with other EU regulators
Solving the Cloud Data Security Conundrum
Trusting the cloud involves a change in mindset. You must be ready to use runtime encryption in the cloud.
According to leaked internal European Union documents, the EU could soon be creating a network of national police facial recognition databases https://t.co/CCbqrQdBeP
OpenLeaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial Recognition Databases
The proposal to link the EU’s facial recognition databases would likely connect them to the U.S. as well, in a massive consolidation of biometric data.
RT @alfredwkng: Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University just released an app that tells you when IoT devices are around and what data they collect: https://t.co/jutEmwxDns https://t.co/eC7tibiRHb
OpenNew infrastructure will enhance privacy in today’s Internet of Things
New infrastructure will enhance privacy in today’s Internet of Things - CyLab Security and Privacy Institute
RT @EmeraldDeLeeuw: Well Brexiteers, Google is sending your personal data to the US from its data centres in Ireland. Say hello to your new data controller: Google LLC. Let me guess "This was not the #Brexit you voted for"? https://t.co/vPuFn1v275
OpenHey, Brits. Your Google data is leaving the EU before you are: Hoard to be shipped from Ireland to US next month
Relax, you won't feel a thing
UK Google users could lose EU GDPR data protections
Brexit prompts firm to move data and user accounts of British users from EU to US