Privacy in the news: Trace round up
Another week, another big week in Privacy global news. Read our round up:
The Great Firewall of China threatens internet freedom for Hong Kong
“In the long run, it offers a chilling vision of what the internet might become. In the short run, it has extreme consequences for Hong Kong.”
ZME Science opine that ‘China's vision of the internet is emerging as one of the greatest threats to online privacy and freedom.’ Read the full article here.
Privacy Zuckering is alive and well
‘Privacy Zuckering’ when you are:
“…tricked into publicly sharing more information about yourself than you really intended to.”
This excellent article from Wired explores how a decade on, researchers find dark privacy patterns are alive and kicking.
Schrems II, A ‘shiny new papier-mâché‘ Privacy Shield’ and transfers in post Brexit Britain
Techcrunch ask ‘what next?’ after Schrems II rocked international data flows and look whether the latest round of EU-US negotiations between Europe and the US will hold and can data to keep flowing.
Which leads us on to consider at-risk data sharing in the UK after Brexit:
“The UK’s use of mass surveillance techniques, our Investigatory Powers Act, and our membership of the Five Eyes intelligence sharing community has raised particular concerns with the EU – especially in relation to the sharing of data with the US, and even more so given the recent Schrems II decision on the Privacy Shield scheme,”
Ed Cooke, founder at Conexus Law.
So what can organisations do now? Know their data, know their processors; understand safeguards:
"Companies are also advised to conduct a full audit of the personal data they collect and how and where it is handled and stored, including back-ups. The proliferation of cloud services adds to this challenge, as many of these servers are located throughout the world.
Trace’s platform helps organisations comply with regulations like the GDPR with streamlined Records of Processing Activity flows, smart data processor assessments and DPIAs, and our global transfer audit check. Tour our platform.