NPC issues new circular on registration requirements on the down-low
Dr. George Berkely, Anglican bishop and philosopher once asked, “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it...
User-friendly reference to AsPac privacy laws
Are you a privacy professional working in the Asia-Pacific region? Then you should not miss this publication from the Future for Privacy...
Catnip for privacy pros: How Elon Musk ignored Twitter Trust and Safety's recommendations
Sharing with you this recent post <https://www.platformer.news/p/elon-only-trusts-elon> on Platformer, detailing how Elon Musk ignored...
Another day, another lawsuit. This time it’s Apple.
Quite disappointing to find out that Apple, a company that actively markets itself as a user privacy-protecting business, is not immune...
Facebook and hospital sued for unauthorized sharing of patient data
A hospital embedded Facebook's pixel tool in its website and is requiring patients to use their Facebook accounts as sign-in credential...
BSP sets new control measures vs. cyber frauds
In response to the cyber frauds that continue to plague the public, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has issued BSP Memorandum No....
Random Privacy Updates #2
I found an old favorite Medium post on the complications of enforcing the General Data Protection Regulation. If you'd like to nerd out...
Trustweek 2020
Interested in learning more about privacy, security, and data governance? You can still catch the few remaining hours to register for...
Choices, choices
This is off-topic but I am sharing this tweet and urging you to check out the whole thread on Twitter. In the midst of all the debate, it...
Random Privacy Updates #1
Watch this IAPP keynote where Apple and Google privacy officers discuss the contact tracing app. Several months after the COVID-19...
There will be some changes to the way I post.
Hello. Just thought I'd explain to you some changes in the way I will be updating this blog. I have been blogging--in so many ways on...
Regulator Updates: NPC, July 2020
I was fortunate enough to attend the Data Privacy Council meeting last July 30, where the NPC shared updates on what they've been up to...
Is a signature sensitive personal information?
What I love about privacy work is that I constantly get asked “what if?” questions that require me to rethink things that I’ve always...
Cheat sheet to data privacy laws worldwide
Hello. It's been sometime since my last post. I've used my time away to revisit how I will be using this website moving forward, as I...
Landmark case vs the adtech industry
Yesterday, a data breach complaint was filed with several data protection authorities in the European Union by Dr Johnny Ryan of Brave...