Fahad HFeb 3, 20161 min readEU-US Privacy Shield Announced To Replace Safe Harbor Privacy DealA few months ago, the US-EU Safe Harbor deal became invalid, and data privacy for US companies hosting data for EU customers got a lot...
Fahad HFeb 1, 20168 min readCan You Make Online Reputation Damage Disappear? Yes, There’s Hope.The answer is a qualified “Yes,” depending on the circumstances. Read on to get an idea of how reputation repair works. When a person or...
Fahad HJan 20, 20164 min readData Security And Privacy: Marketing’s Top Conundrum In 2016Forecasting the top tech trends has become a New Year’s rite of passage, but there’s no mystery about what will be one of the most...
Fahad HDec 16, 20152 min readWill Europe’s New EU-Wide Privacy Rules Bring Coherence — Or More Chaos?On Tuesday, European officials approved data protection regulations that formalize many of the court decisions and other regulatory...
Fahad HDec 2, 20154 min readPrivacy Group: Google Spied On Students Using Chromebooks & Apps For EducationThe San Francisco-based non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that...
Fahad HNov 13, 20151 min readMicrosoft To Build German Data Centers To Address US Govt “Spying”Last month, the European Court of Justice cited the Snowden revelations and US domestic surveillance to invalidate a 15-year-old “Safe...
Fahad HNov 8, 20153 min readIntermediary Liability In Duffy Case Could Turn Google, Facebook Into Content PoliceJanice Duffy has been vindicated by the Supreme Court of South Australia in her case against Google. While that’s good for Dr. Duffy, the...
Fahad HOct 16, 20153 min readSafe Harbor Overthrow Creates New Data Purgatory For US, EU CompaniesThe SIINDA conference in Prague concluded today with a panel of European publishers and lawyers discussing a range of legal and...
Fahad HOct 14, 20152 min readFacebook Pushes Back Against European Privacy OnslaughtFacing increasingly emboldened data protection regulators in Europe and a recent judicial setback concerning cross-border data transfers,...
Fahad HOct 10, 20154 min readRight To Be Forgotten 2.0: Better Privacy Rules Or Operational Nightmare?Europe is effectively becoming the internet’s privacy cop, with implications for any company doing business in Europe and many outside...
Fahad HOct 7, 20152 min readVerizon To Combine Its “Supercookie” Data With AOL For Online And Mobile TargetingThe supercookie is back. The nation’s largest mobile carrier, Verizon, came under fire from privacy advocates last year for its...
Fahad HOct 6, 20154 min readCiting NSA Spying, European Court Kills Data Transfer Agreement Between EU & USThe two-year old Snowden-NSA spying revelations have fueled a growing climate of hostility toward Google, Facebook and other US tech...
Fahad HSep 15, 20152 min readLawsuit Accuses Twitter Of Spying On Direct MessagesTwitter’s Direct Messages are not as private as they seem, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in San Francisco. The...
Fahad HSep 9, 201518 min readFor Ashley Madison Users, What’s Next? Reputation Apocalypse, Phase 2The hacking and public outing of Ashley Madison infidelity website users is the Online Reputation Management “Apocalypse.” No other...
Fahad HAug 3, 20152 min readEFF Launches New Do Not Track Standard With Coalition Of Web CompaniesIn reaction to the digital advertising industry’s inability to come to a consensus on how to or whether to adhere to users’ “Do Not...
Fahad HJul 16, 20151 min readGoogle Wins Against Plaintiffs Who Argued Data Mingling Violated Privacy RightsThe case of In re Google, Inc. Privacy Policy Litigation has been going on since 2012. It has a long and tortured history, having come...
Fahad HJun 19, 20155 min readFrance Wants Google To Target French Citizens Worldwide & Censor Their Search ResultsThe clock is ticking for Google to comply with a demand by the French privacy regulator CNIL to implement Right To Be Forgotten...
Fahad HJun 5, 20152 min readGoogle’s European President Brittin Undertakes New Charm OffensiveGoogle seems to be striking a more humble and conciliatory tone in Europe — out of necessity. Eric Schmidt, the primary face of Google in...
Fahad HJun 3, 20153 min readDigital Forecast: A Data-Protection Storm Is Brewing In EuropeIf you are like me and keep a close eye on all things related to the future of digital media, then you may remember a conversation from...
Fahad HJun 2, 20152 min readAnother “Market Abuse” Android Complaint Filed Against Google In EuropeDisconnect makes privacy and security apps. The company says that Google removed its new app from Google Play because it allegedly...
