At a press conference this week, deputy director of the Cyberspace Administration of China Liu Liehong said that they are currently researching and drafting regulation which stipulates security control over the export of Chinese citizens' personal information and the country's important data. Liu added that in...
A lawsuit in the UK mounted by a group called “Google You Owe Us” was blocked by the High Court this week. Mr Justice Warby decided to block the case on the grounds that claims that users suffered damage were not supported by the facts...
The French data protection authority recently warned businesses to consider other technologies first before committing to their blockchain projects. The Commission Nationale de l’information et des Liberties (CNIL) said that while blockchain can be useful in applications like transferring assets since it acts as a register...
The Interactive Advertising Bureau’s (IAB) Tech Lab announced this week a blockchain-based protocol which companies can use to track consent for users’ personal data. IAB says that PrivacyChain should solve the problem companies encounter when collecting and updating hundreds of millions of consents a year. It...
Tech giants including Apple, Google and Microsoft have recently expressed their concerns on India’s proposed data legislation, saying that provisions such as “forced localisation requirements” will not be of benefit to businesses nor assure the security of user data. The group, representing top tech companies such...
Apple CEO Tim Cook is scheduled to deliver his keynote speech at the 2018 International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners on Wednesday, October 24, Cook will be speaking at a public conference session called “Debating Ethics: Dignity and Respect in Data Driven Life”. His...
It was reported this week that one of the members of Waterfront Toronto’s Digital Strategy Advisory Panel, which is involved in Alphabet’s smart city project had reportedly resigned from her post as an advisor. In a lengthy resignation letter, Saadia Muzaffar said that Sidewalk Labs’ project...
At a recent hearing entitled “Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century.”, the FTC’s Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter urged for a “critical rethink” of the agency’s approach to data privacy. The Commissioner said that since technological innovation has raised serious and important questions of law and...
The New Zealand Council for Civil Liberties (CCL) recently criticized New Zealand’s new law which can fine travelers up to $3200 for refusing border officials access to their phones. The rights group called the Customs and Excise Act 2018 a "grave invasion of personal privacy...
In a recent CNBC interview, Elevation Partners’ co-founder Roger McNamee said that Apple had done a number of “extraordinary things” to protect privacy and preserve security, and has thus framed itself as better at data privacy compared to other tech giants. McNamee continued that the company...