Privacy Transformation - Issue 12
PRIVACY
Committee rejects project to harvest brain tumour data
A project to harvest information on brain tumours from 9,000 Irish patients has been rejected over concerns about patient consent and the potential sharing of project data with “unknown international third parties”.
Protecting children online: update on progress
The ICO Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has published a blog giving an update on the progress of their consultation on protecting children online. In it she attempts to clarify the goal of the effort as that of protecting children within the platforms that they use and not creating an 'age-gated' internet.
RTB RIP? The Writing Could Be On The Wall For Real-Time Bidding In Europe
In a statement from Brian O’Kelley, who played a part in the development of Real Time Bidding (RTB), he puts forward the case that the writing could be on the wall for RTB in Europe as a result of GDPR.
GDPR privacy law exploited to reveal personal data
In a story indicative that many organisations have inadequate measures in place to verify the indentity of individuals exercising data subject rights — about one in four companies revealed personal information to a woman's partner, who had made a bogus demand for the data by citing an EU privacy law.
Twitter says it may have used user data for ads without permission
Twitter has said that it may have used data for personalised ads without a user's permission due to issues with the microblogging website's settings which could have resulted in the platform sharing a user’s data with its advertising partners or displaying ads based on information it collected without permission.
Privacy engineering: The what, why and how Related reading: NIST Privacy Framework nearing completion
Privacy engineering will be central to the privacy profession going forward. That is an easy assertion to make. Privacy professionals have long discussed the importance of building privacy in rather than bolting it on — aka privacy by design. But as technology has raced ahead, the need for privacy engineering has evolved and intensified.
DATA BREACHES
Monzo urges 480,000 customers to change their pin numbers
The digital bank Monzo has urged nearly 480,000 customers to change their pins after it left banking information exposed to unauthorised staff for six months.
COURTS
Facebook Loses Facial Recognition Appeal, Must Face Privacy Class Action
A US federal appeals court has rejected Facebook's effort to undo a class action lawsuit claiming that it illegally collected and stored biometric data for millions of users without their consent. This ruling could expose Facebook to potential damages of several billion dollars and reinforces the that an individuals right to privacy can be violated without a concrete physical or economic harm as it relates to residients of Illinois.
RESOURCES
ISO publishes first International Standard for privacy information management
We are more connected than ever, bringing with it the joys, and risks, of our digital world. Cybersecurity is a growing concern, with attacks against business almost doubling over the last few years and is an increasingly significant threat to global stability.
Blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation
Blockchain and the General Data Protection Regulation - Can distributed ledgers be squared with European data protection law?
IAPP releases 2019 Privacy Tech Vendor Report
The IAPP is releasing the 2019 Privacy Tech Vendor Report. Now in its third year, the report offers an introduction to some of the latest trends in the burgeoning privacy technology marketplace and includes a listing of privacy tech vendors.