More than 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries had their data posted on a hacking forum, Business Insider reports. Personal data uploaded to the site included phone numbers, Facebook identification credentials, full names, locations, birthdates and some email addresses. Here are more develo...

More than 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries had their data posted on a hacking forum, Business Insider reports. Personal data uploaded to the site included phone numbers, Facebook identification credentials, full names, locations, birthdates and some email addresses. Here are more develo...

CBC News reports the Cape Breton Regional Municipality and Nova Scotia's Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner remain at odds over costs for freedom-of-information requests. CBRM insists that requests should come at a cost while the commissioner's office believes they should be free of ...

Beannachtaí ó Bhaile Átha Cliath — Greetings from Dublin! One of the reasons I love working in the world of data protection and privacy is that there is always something happening. This week, the European Data Protection Board and the European Data Protection Supervisor issued a joint opinion on th...

CNBC reports on how the EU General Data Protection Regulation is influencing other countries as the law reaches its three-year anniversary. Access Now Senior Policy Analyst Estelle Masse considers the spirit of the GDPR to be a driving force for the California Privacy Rights Act, noting "they were b...