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The world's leading privacy pros talk GDPR with El Reg
"The dominating feature of coverage of GDPR has been its provisions for sanctions – allowing the data police to issue fines of up to 4 per cent of global t…
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Update Three: Landmark EU-US data privacy court case commences in the High Court
"Over the course of Monday 20 February 2017 and part of Wednesday 22 February 2017, the DPC’s first witness, Professor Neil Richards provided the Court wit…
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Jennifer Granick on spying: ‘The more we collect, the less we know’ (Q&A)
"“Spying is thriving” because little is understood about how pervasive it is. So writes Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at Stanford Law Scho…
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This Creepy “Family History” Site Might Know Way Too Much About You
"Other genealogy sites such as Ancestry.com have all that same information on file. Sure, they have fees, but a bit of red tape won’t stop anyone who’s det…
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Microsoft victory in overseas data privacy case stands
"Jennifer Granick of the Stanford Center for Internet and Society has argued that a Microsoft win could mean these cases are decided in countries with fewe…
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Microsoft Asserts Clients’ Rights in FBI E-Mail Searches Fight
"“Standing has been a barrier in cases that seek to vindicate people’s privacy rights,” said Jennifer Granick, a Stanford Law School professor. “It’s a ser…
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Wiretap Numbers Still Don't Add Up
Earlier this year, I wrote that the wiretap numbers reported by the Administrative Office (AO) of the US Courts in its 2014 Wiretap Report and those disclosed i…
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GDPR will require 75,000 DPOs worldwide, study shows
"Appointing a data protection officer is just the beginning, said Omer Tene, vice-president of research and education at the IAPP. “Organisations will need…
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When an app tells companies you’re pregnant but not that you miscarried
“The way privacy law largely works for consumers in the United States is through what regulators call ‘notice and choice,'” said Samford University law prof…
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Trump's New App Wants You — and Your Data
"To be sure, this doesn't mean the Trump campaign is doing anything with users' data — it just means it can. And some users may not know it: David…
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Innocents Exposed as WikiLeaks Gushes Information
"There is an ongoing debate over the role of WikiLeaks, which claims to refrain from taking political positions on the information it gathers, noted Albert…
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Trump Campaign App's Data Grab Could Expose Everyone in Your Contact List, Experts Say
"“It is perfectly legal to do so,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Center for Internet & Society at Stanford Law School. “That you may…