Data protection / Google

Court of Appeal upholds landmark judgement against Google arising from its exploitation of Apple’s Safari web-browser privacy settings

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Alison Knight • 4 Comments

Should privacy protection extend to compensate me for ‘distress’ suffered from the aggregation of my browser-generated information without my consent, so as to enable third-party advertising to be targeted at me – which in turn is viewable by others, on my device screen? In March 2015, the English Court of Appeal ruled that three individuals may … Continue reading →

Privacy / Surveillance

EU Article 29 Working Party releases Opinion on Device Fingerprinting

Posted on December 6, 2014 by Alison Knight • 1 Comment

That’s the way that the EU cookie rules crumble (again… even if it’s not a cookie), says watchdog The influential, pan-EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party (DPWP) has released an Opinion (9/2014) on the applicability of the E-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC) to device fingerprinting, in which it addresses what it believes to be “serious” data … Continue reading →