News on Privacy & Security

Trade policy

Why trade is not the place for the EU to negotiate privacy

Margot Kaminski, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
PUBLISHED ON: 23 Jan 2015

As negotiations progress over the EU-US free-trade agreement TTIP, it is natural that somebody will propose addressing privacy differences through trade. But several features of free trade agreements make negotiating data protection in the trade regime a very bad idea for the EU.

Right to erasure

Forget, erase and delist, but don’t forget the broader issue

Jef Ausloos, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 22 Jan 2015

In the past 12 months privacy and data protection took a much more prominent role in internet policy discussions. One of the key examples is the so-called Google Spain case . Researcher Jef Ausloos revisits the case at the European privacy conference CPDP .

Privacy enhancing technologies

Addressing the right to privacy in 2015

Becky Kazansky, Tactical Technology Collective
PUBLISHED ON: 21 Jan 2015

Don’t let the legal and legitimate pursuit of privacy be marginalised or criminalised, argues Becky Kazansky of the Tactical Technology Collective.

Data protection

The new Facebook data policy: like or dislike?

Anne Helmond, University of Amsterdam
PUBLISHED ON: 02 Dec 2014

You are unclear about what Facebook will be doing with your data in the new year? Read Anne Helmond's quick analysis of Facebook's new terms and policies in effect 1 January 2015.

Surveillance

How corporations divert focus towards government surveillance

Pernille Tranberg, Digital identitet
PUBLISHED ON: 05 Sep 2014

The representatives of internet firms at this year's Internet Governance Forum referred to transparency, human rights and privacy. But when searching for those guilty of surveillance, they exclusively pointed to governments and not to their own policies.

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