The next big privacy battles: cross-border data flows and data localization
A couple of weeks ago, this blog looked at a rather unexpected consequence of the decision by the EU’s top court, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU),…
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As public fears mount over online surveillance and lack of control, advertising industry gets privacy religion – sort of…
A new Pew Research Center survey confirms what readers of this blog already know: many people are deeply worried about the routine tracking of their activities online: A majority of…
Zuck’s back, calling for “new rules” for the Internet, which will entrench Facebook’s power, but do nothing for privacy
Last month, Privacy News Online looked at a 3000-word essay entitled "A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking", written by Mark Zuckerberg. It's a measure of the political pressure that Facebook…
New report shows Google tracks 80% of the Web, with Amazon likely to overtake Facebook as second-worst privacy threat
It's no secret that practically every Web page we visit is infested with trackers. On its own, that would be bad enough. But most trackers are used in order to…
Private Internet Access Celebrates Data Privacy Day 2018
Today is Data Privacy Day, an initiative that seeks to raise awareness of the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust. It also brings privacy professionals together globally…
How to remove yourself from search engine results
How to secure your digital identity. With the recent deployment of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (otherwise known as the GDPR), it has never been easier for EU…
The writing is on the wall for ads based on real-time bidding in the EU – and maybe everywhere
Privacy News Online noted back in February a growing disquiet at the huge amounts of personal information that sites like Facebook and Google routinely gather about us, and how it…
Coronavirus delays the passage of the world’s most important new privacy law
For obvious and justified reasons, the coronavirus pandemic dominates the news currently. One of the latest developments is that India's Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, has put his entire country on…
Top EU court sinks main framework for sending personal data across the Atlantic
The Privacy Shield framework for transferring personal data across the Atlantic was brought in to deal with a problem created by the EU's GDPR. According to the latter, the personal…
Here’s how Internet of Things malware is undermining privacy
The Internet of Things (IoT) is increasingly part of our everyday lives, with so-called "smart" speakers especially popular, But for all their undoubted technical merits, they also represent a growing…