Rarely has a European Data Protection Board plenary generated so much aggravation and heated opinions as what we are seeing this week. The EDPB issued its opinion on the pay-or-consent models being deployed by large online platforms as a legal construct to support behavioral advertising. This follo...

Hello, privacy pros. It was great to reconnect with old friends at the IAPP Global Privacy Summit in Washington, D.C., and meet some new faces too. Back from Summit, brimming with joy and excitement, I'm diving back into the usual busy life as a privacy lawyer in Beijing. In recent weeks, China iss...

The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office issued a reprimand to the Clyde Valley Housing Association in Lanarkshire after residents' personal information was left accessible to others in an online portal.Full story...

The Netherlands' data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, requested the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management curb the use of smart traffic lights that track traffic volume and speed, DutchNews reports. However, the technology embedded in the traffic signals also collects dr...

New Zealand Privacy Commissioner Michael Webster said in an interview with Heather du Plessis-Allan that he aims to review the Privacy Act and introduce a "right to be forgotten," NewsTalkZB reports. Webster said, following the results from the Children and Young People Privacy survey, he is concern...