by Åge BA | Oct 17, 2023 | Data Regulation
This is blog post #17 in our series on the GDPR. Summary of the case In our blog post on 23 October 2022, we referred to the Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) of Austria, Denmark, France, and Italy who were concluding that the use of Google’s Universal Analytics (UA... by Åge BA | Mar 19, 2023 | Data Regulation
This is blog post #16 in our series on the GDPR. At Runbox we are always concerned about data privacy – “privacy is priceless” – and we put some effort into keeping ourselves updated on how the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) affects privacy related... by Åge BA | Oct 23, 2022 | Data Regulation
This is blog post #15 in our series on the GDPR. Four European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) have thus far concluded that the transfer of personal data to the United States via Google Analytics is unlawful according to the General Data Protection Regulation... by Åge BA | Oct 18, 2021 | Data Regulation
The Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) has taken a strong position against commercial surveillance online, and has made it very visible how the Ad-Tech industry is exploiting personal data for business purposes. “Big data” has since the entry of social platforms on the... by Åge BA | Apr 13, 2021 | Data Regulation
“If you are not paying for the product, then you are the product”. This is a common saying when referring to online services that are offered for no financial payment (“free”). The reason is that they often collect some personal data about you or your use of the... by Åge BA | Oct 24, 2020 | Data Regulation
GDPR in the Wake of COVID Spread: Privacy under Pressure – Part 2 Our previous blog post in this series concerned mobile phone applications under development, or already developed, in various countries for tracing the spread of COVID-19 infections. In particular... by rbx_admin | May 5, 2020 | Data Regulation
Tech companies all over the world are rushing to support health authorities in combating the spread of the SARS-CoV2 virus, which is causing the more well-known COVID-19 disease. Whether those companies do so by invitation, by commitment, or by sheer self-interest,... by Andersen | Feb 13, 2020 | Data Regulation
We usually think of “personal data” as a term that contains for instance a person’s full name, home address, email address, telephone number, and date of birth. These are ordinary data that can obviously identify a specific person. But in the personal data category of... by Andersen | Nov 23, 2019 | Data Regulation
One of the main objectives for the European Union (EU) when they developed the replacement for the Data Protection Directive 95/46 (from 1995), was to expand individual control over the use of personal data. This can be seen in a broader view as an implementation of...