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Uruguay receives adequacy determination from EU for personal data protections.
At the end of August, the European Union determined that Uruguay’s privacy laws provide an adequate level of protection. This allows companies, governments, or individuals to transfer personal information from Europe to Uruguay without the use …
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Pew Survey highlights users changing concerns about privacy online
Recently, the Pew Internet and American Life Project released a report detailing consumer use of search engines. The survey highlighted both that users have begun to learn how much of …
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SXSW Privacy Roundup: 5 Key Takeaways for Startups
SXSW Interactive, better known as SXSWi, just ended last week. SXSWi is a wonderful event to experience new startups, applications, and innovations. This year, privacy was a powerful theme at …
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Book Review – I Know Who You Are and I Saw What I Did by Lori Andrews
As social networking sites have become more pervasive, the amount of private information shared online continues to grow. For some, this is just seen as the cost one must pay …
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European Commission Proposed Data Protection Law
On January 25, 2012, the European Commission released a proposed General Data Protection Legislation (“Proposed Regulation”) for comprehensive reform of existing European Union (“EU”) data protection rules. Through the Proposed …
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Uruguay receives adequacy determination from EU for personal data protections.
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Search Query Privacy: The Problem of Anonymization
Search Query Privacy: The Problem of Anonymization
Search queries may reveal quite sensitive information about the querier. Even though many queries are not directly associated with a particular person, it has been argued that the IP addresses and cookies of the users can often be sufficient to figure out who the querier is, especially if tied to … Read More
Search queries may reveal quite sensitive information about the querier. Even though many queries are not directly associated with a particular person, it has been argued that the IP addresses and cookies of the users can often be sufficient to figure out who the querier is, especially if tied to … Read more