Salvador Rodriguez reports: Business is booming for software and privacy experts as companies across the globe spend millions of dollars to comply with a landmark European data protection law, even as many uncertainties remain about how the rules will be enforced. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which goes into effect in May, is the…
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New Event of Note: International Privacy+Security Forum
One of the absolute joys of blogging about privacy and breaches for the last 11+ years is that I’ve had the opportunity to meet so many fantastic scholars and practitioners. But I’ve only had that opportunity because a few people have done the hard work to organize events and to graciously offer to comp me so…
NZ: Competition: create a trust mark for privacy and win $3,500
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner is offering $3,500 to a designer or artist who can help create a winning privacy trust mark. The Privacy Commissioner wants a trust mark design that is attractive and conveys a ‘privacy first’ approach taken by a product or service. Graphic designers and artists are invited to enter the…
Privacy in 2018: Expect the Unexpected
Eduardo Ustaran writes: Making predictions for the year ahead is possibly as desirable as unreliable. In a world of unlimited data and advanced science, it would be tempting to think that the future is already written. Algorithms and artificial intelligence will show us what lies ahead with immaculate accuracy. Or perhaps not. At least not…