Catherine Wycherley writes that privacy is clearly an area of importance as we go into 2021. She identifies five questions or topics within privacy that should be on the table at some point: Calling in the feds: a national privacy law at last? Schrems II: Endgame? Tick Tock… Breaking up is hard to do –…
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UK: ICO takes enforcement action against Experian after data broking investigation
A particularly noteworthy press release from the Information Commissioner’s Office: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) orders the credit reference agency Experian Limited to make fundamental changes to how it handles people’s personal data within its direct marketing services. The enforcement notice follows a two-year investigation by the ICO into how Experian, Equifax and TransUnion used personal…
Other privacy news of note
Joe Cadillic has posted his weekly recap of interesting privacy and civil liberties news stories. Here’s a small selection: Europol game modeled after “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” shows law enforcement how to spy on train passengers: https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2020/10/14/new-game-trains-police-to-get-facebook-data-fast-when-a-terrorist-strikes/ Netherlands-Police across the country are using predictive policing: https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpmdd/the-netherlands-is-becoming-a-predictive-policing-hot-spot France-Data Protection Authority country should avoid using Microsoft…
International Statement: End-To-End Encryption and Public Safety
October 11 – We, the undersigned, support strong encryption, which plays a crucial role in protecting personal data, privacy, intellectual property, trade secrets and cyber security. It also serves a vital purpose in repressive states to protect journalists, human rights defenders and other vulnerable people, as stated in the 2017 resolution of the UN Human…