In her five years as U.K. information commissioner, and as chair of the Global Privacy Assembly, Elizabeth Denham said she has never been so “optimistic” about international data convergence as she is today. “With the (EU-U.S.) Privacy Shield having been struck down, I see the G-7 countries coming ...

EU-U.S. data flow discussions have hit an unexpected snag, and it has little to do with the subject at hand. EU officials are considering bowing out of the planned EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council meeting Sept. 29 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in protest of a rift started by a U.S.-U.K. submarine...

Data protection may not be at the forefront of global policy discussions, but it's certainly gaining importance and notoriety. So much so it's now being used as a potential bargaining chip in foreign relations and politics. Two EU officials told Politico the planned EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Cou...

Nine U.S. Senate Democrats signed a letter calling on the Federal Trade Commission to commence a rulemaking process around data privacy, The Verge reports. Led by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the group of lawmakers said a federal standard for privacy "is urgently needed" and FTC rulemaking shou...

U.K. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham wrote a blog post unpacking the importance of holding a recent meeting between G-7 data protection authorities and what was discussed during the meeting. Denham characterized the focus of the meeting as an "international collaboration for practical bene...