Brazil's Special Secretariat for Debureaucratization, Management and Digital Government issued instructions for appointing data protection officers under the General Data Protection Law. Under the privacy law, DPOs must have multidisciplinary knowledge in the areas of privacy, data protection and da...

The New York State Office of the Attorney General announced Home Depot agreed to a $17.5 million settlement with 46 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., over a 2014 data breach that affected approximately 40 million consumers. The retailer will also be required to hire a chief information security of...

The COSIC group at the University of Leuven in Belgium found they could hack and steal an $80,000 internet-connected Tesla SUV in minutes through a Bluetooth-connected key fob, The Washington Post reports. It’s a vulnerability not unique to Tesla, Ph.D. student Lennert Wouters said. “Other (key fobs...

A blog post by SalingerPrivacy Principal Anna Johnston, CIPP/E, CIPM, FIP, writes location data is considered sensitive by most people across continents and cultures. Sharing that data makes them feel “stressed, nervous or vulnerable, triggering fears of burglaries, spying, stalkers and digital or p...

The South Korean Personal Information Protection Committee has released its plan for how the country will approach data protection over the next three years. The plan includes self-regulation of data protection initiatives, improving transborder data flow, the major policy directions the country exp...