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Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List

Biden Admin. Adds ‘Mercenary Spyware’ Firms to Ban List

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European cousins Intellexa and Cytrox essentially banned by Commerce Dept. — Predator/ALIEN not welcome in U.S ...
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GDPR FAIL: US Firm ‘Profiles Half the World’ — it’s Max Schrems Again

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NYOB accuses TeleSign, Proximus and BICS of misusing phone users’ private data. Reputation scoring = privacy violation? ...
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Facebook Fined $1.3B — Zuckerberg Furious in GDPR Fight

Facebook Fined $1.3B — Zuckerberg Furious in GDPR Fight

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GDPR Move for Mark’s Money: No legal way to move Europeans’ data to the US since 2015. Cloud industry better take note ...
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New EU Cookie Consent Recommendation from Advocate General

New EU Cookie Consent Recommendation from Advocate General

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On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar (“Advocate General” or “AG”) of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) issued an opinion in which he recommended that the Court ...
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