In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, schools have increasingly turned to digital learning platforms to help students continue their education. These new technologies, many of which use machine learning (ML) algorithms, have been absolutely vital in the effort to bring degree-conferrring educational institutions online. The appeal of ML is its potential to make [...]
Last month, our CEO Dyann Heward-Mills participated on a PrivSec panel with Active Navigation and Faegre Drinker to discuss Data Mapping, DPOs, Consumer Protection and how to create a winning approach for global privacy compliance. In the webinar recording [CLICK HERE TO WATCH], Dyann discussed the importance of accountability and the legitimate processing of data. She [...]
The EU-US Privacy Shield allows companies to adhere to higher privacy standards before transferring data to the US. This system has facilitated transnational digital trade for more than 5,300 companies and served as an important instrument for the transfer of EU residents’ data to the US. However, on July 16, the Court of Justice [...]
‘…even in these exceptional times, the data controller must ensure the protection of the personal data of the data subjects’, Andrea Jelinek, Chair of the European Data Protection Board The European Data Protection Board’s advice During epidemics and pandemics, employers and public health authorities can process health data lawfully without the need to obtain [...]
Last month, the European Commission released its Data Strategy with the aim to create a single data market, promoting greater data sharing to benefit businesses across all industries and sectors in the European Union. In light of this direction outlined by the European Commission, we take a closer look at the regulations and implications for [...]
Popular discussions on children’s data protection are often framed as a zero sum game between those who want children to be protected in the digital age and those who fear a chilling effect on content creation. But this is a false choice. It is possible to do both. Proper safeguards – including embedding privacy [...]
In one of the biggest data breaches in the Information Age, a hacker accessed personal details of 106 million Capital One consumers. Through this breach, the hacker was able to gain access to 1 million Canadian Social Insurance numbers, 140,000 Social Security numbers and 80,000 bank account numbers. The US Department of Justice also [...]
On July 24, 2019, Facebook was fined $5 billion in the United States by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) – the largest to date for any company accused of violating consumers’ data privacy. Facebook must also establish an independent privacy committee to improve their data privacy standards and reduce the possibility of future violations. [...]
