During a conversation on the European strategy for data, European Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton said lawmakers want to make the area "the most data-empowered continent in the world” and swing the power away from large tech companies, TechCrunch reports. Breton said the strategy wil...

The Administrative Court of Stockholm confirmed Google violated the EU General Data Protection Regulation; however, the court also reduced the fine issued by the Swedish data protection authority. The court found Google did not properly exercise consumers' right to be forgotten as laid out in the GD...

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 European Data Protection Board issued a statement on the proposed ePrivacy Regulation. The EDPB said "under no circumstances" should the ePrivacy Regulation offer a lower level of protection than the current ePrivacy Directive. The board also said the ePrivacy Regulation should lay out a framewo...

Carnegie Mellon University is offering two new options for privacy engineering education. Working professionals can now pursue the Master of Science in Information Technology – Privacy Engineering part-time and remotely. The second option is a privacy engineering certificate that can be obtained rem...