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On 15 Dec 2020, the European Commission released a draft of the Digital Services Act (DSA), which will modernize the backbone of the EU’s Internet...
Computer scientists often build algorithms with a keen focus on “solving the problem,” without considering the larger implications and potential...
... little bit in that direction slowly but surely. Laws like GDPR, CCPA, they're trying to slowly nudge us in this ...
ContentsIntroduction1. An Overview of QDTD Reports 1.1 Methodology and Main Common Criteria 1.2 Highlights of Achievments and Gaps 1....
... enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the related Spanish Organic Law 3/2018, indicated ... Model , primarily based on the compliance with the EU GDPR. ADC's report also identified which telecom companies ... the legislation. In a recent wave inspired by the EU’s GDPR, countries like Brazil, Panamá, and Ecuador finally ...
... Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the now well-known GDPR. At its core, it works like DNT: a user’s browser ...
By Bennett Cyphers and Gennie Gebhart
Introduction
Trackers are hiding in nearly every corner of today’s Internet, which is to say nearly every...
... annoy users, and trigger regulation under laws like GDPR. Yet the largest tracking networks cover vast swaths of ... from tracking. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union gives those it covers the right ... from a “legitimate interest” or opt-in consent. The GDPR is far from perfect, and its effectiveness will depend ...
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EFF has joined European Digital Rights (EDRi), the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy & Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC), and other civil...
ContentsExecutive SummaryBreaking it Down: What Does Comprehensive Data Privacy Legislation Look Like?Sketching the Landscape: What Real Privacy...
... passage of both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). With ...
Indonesia’s Constitutional Court dealt another blow to the free expression and online privacy rights of the country’s 191 million internet users,...
... States. The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) does not allow companies to disclose data voluntarily ...
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It’s not enough to say that the Internet is built on interoperability. The Internet is interoperability. Billions of machines around the world use...
... laws, including the General Data Privacy Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). ...
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... we have entered into General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant Data Protection Addendums with third-parties ...
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... we have entered into General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant Data Protection Addendums with third-parties ...
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Published in CPI TechREG Chronicle, November 2022 Edition. Posted with permission.
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The net’s long decline into “five giant websites, each filled with screenshots of the other four” isn’t a mystery. Nor was it by any means a forgone...
... Existing data-protection laws like the CCPA and GDPR already require online service providers to turn over ...
Visa, the credit card network, is trying to buy financial technology company Plaid for $5.3 billion. The merger is bad for a number of reasons. First...
... tool, which was apparently introduced in mid-2018 (after GDPR went into effect in Europe), is useful—for users who ...
Virtual worlds are increasingly providing sophisticated, realistic, and often immersive experiences that are the stuff of fantasy. You can enter them...
... put our fingers on. Data protection laws, like the GDPR, require that personal data collected for a specific ...
This is the third post in a series about recommendations EFF, EDRi, CIPPIC, Derechos Digitales, TEDIC, Karisma Foundation, and other civil society...
... biometric data than required by competing laws such as the GDPR , the EU Law Enforcement Directive , and the Council of ...
Brazil’s biggest internet connection providers continue to make strides towards better protection of customer data and greater transparency about...
... to Brazil’s new law, the EU General Data Protection Act (GDPR)-inspired regulation that took effect last year. Oi and ...
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Joint Civil Society Response to the provisional draft text of the Second Additional Protocol to...
The U.S. government sends a lot of emails. Like any large, modern organization, it wants to “optimize” for “user engagement” using “analytics” and “...
... made the investment to remain FedRAMP, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliant. Privacy and security are our highest and ...
Episode 005 of EFF’s How to Fix the Internet
Abi Hassen joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss the rise of facial recognition...
Abi Hassen joins EFF hosts Cindy Cohn and Danny O’Brien as they discuss the rise of facial recognition...
... The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) European Parliament’s Personal Data Protection Fact ... Hassen: Like I think that the European counterpart, the GDPR, is something that is at least putting a stake in at a ... that take really interesting because you mentioned the GDPR, and I think one of the things that makes the GDPR so ...
EFF and Open Rights Group today submitted formal comments to the British Treasury, urging restraint in applying anti-money-laundering regulations to...
Over the past few years, data brokers and federal military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies have formed a vast, secretive partnership to...
... analysis, and right-to-know requests through laws like GDPR have revealed relationships between a handful of apps ... Martin Gundersen of NRK Beta filed requests under the GDPR’s Right to Know in order to trace how data about his ...
This blog post is co-authored with Least Authority, a Berlin-based tech company committed to advancing digital security and preserving privacy as a...
... name? No. In line with Europe’s data protection law, the GDPR, the app minimizes the amount of personal data it ...