Privacy is an essential component of the discussion on law and technology. So many hot-button issues come to mind – individual rights related to data collection, cross-border transfers of personal information, differing frameworks for defining and protecting privacy around the world, not to mention the fact that you can’t pick up a newspaper these days without learning about some new ripple in the debate between individual privacy and the global war on terrorism. In this section, we will talk to privacy professionals from around the world, compare and contrast different ideas about what privacy means and what should be considered private, discuss privacy issues that impact daily life, explore the ramifications that new technologies have on personal privacy, and we’ll also remember that the Hall & Oates song “Private Eyes” is awesome.
Relativity Fest always generates a mass of material, from company and product announcements to sessions on law and legal practice. I can’t write about it all, and you wouldn’t thank me if I did. If I focus now on the … Continue readin…
Google’s definition of ‘private’ is slowly coming to light thanks to a $5B class action lawsuit and recent Congressional hearings. There seems to be some emails and second hand accounts supporting the assertion that Google executives were well aware of how the public might react if they found out that Google and other sites could […]
Apple plans to start scanning all U.S. iPhones for images of child sexual abuse using a tool called “neuralMatch” or “NeuralHash” against a database of known images. Womble Dickinson’s JDSupra article covers many of the high-level privacy concerns and explores Apple’s plans for a service that will scan encrypted messages for sexually explicit content to […]
I am sorry, for more than one reason, to have to come back to Her Majesty’s Government as a source of discovery / disclosure stories, but they keep serving up incidents which are relevant to wider corporate disclosure. This time, … Continue…
In Part 2 of Double Dutch with Jonathan Armstrong, we unpack some survival tips from the Dutch AP’s enforcement action …
In Part 1 of Double Dutch with Jonathan Armstrong, we unpack some survival tips from the Dutch AP’s enforcement action …
This past March 11, Rep. Suzan DelBene, a Democrat from Washington State, introduced the Information Transparency and Personal Data Control…
Last week NOYB issued more that 500 complaints under the GDPR to companies engaging in their self-described reign of “cookie…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GDPR!! Today the GDPR turns THREE YEARS OLD! They grow up so fast, don’t they? In honor of …
Chris Dale discusses the the annual La Touche Legal Tech conference in Dublin in this post. Follow the link to his blog for a short video on the event, attendance details, and more.
Chris Dale reflects on moderating the International Panel at Relativity Fest. The 2020 speakers included Meribeth Banaschik of EY – Germany, Inés Rubio of BSI – Dublin, Karyn Harty of McCann FitzGerald – Dublin, Jonathan Armstrong of Cordery – London (and a recent ESI Survival Guide guest) and David Horrigan of Relativity – U.S.
With the recent release of ephemeral messaging in WhatsApp, Greg Buckles asks a very important question: Are those vanishing messages and attachments generated by employees really gone? Some forensic exploration would certainly help answer shed some light on this inquiry.
