A warm hello to my fellow privacy professionals. Recently, my mind got to thinking about how privacy in Asia is like rice — and here's how. It's embedded across the region: Rice is a staple in our region's cuisine. Similarly, privacy has become ingrained in our societies. Even with state laws at...

Luxembourg is one of the smallest member states by size in the EU, yet it hosts one its most influential institutions: the Court of Justice of the European Union. This week was a good illustration, with more to come. The first piece of news that got our attention is that Germany again put forward T...

France's data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, announced submissions for the CNIL-Inria Privacy Award are now open. The award is given to a research paper that raises awareness on privacy and data protection issues. Submissions must be research conduc...

The concept of "sousveillance" and feelings of inner hypocrisy over joining a mobile tracking app that could monitor her nephew and also being tracked by members of the public while running the Sydney Marathon in September was not lost on Calabash Solutions Director of Privacy Donna-Leigh Jackson, C...

Singapore's Ministry of Health and the Cybersecurity Agency of Singapore issued cybersecurity guidelines for health care providers. The guidelines highlight the importance of properly securing data, updating software and creating a planned response if sensitive data is breached. The Ministry of Heal...