TLS is the fundamental protocol facilitating secure web browsing. Simply speaking it identifies the server identity and establishes an encrypted connection. That’s how we may securely use banking, do shopping, and do other things we take for granted. Establishing such a connection comes with a performance footprint because computation Read More
Data protection assessment of Privacy Sandbox's Protected Audience API. It can be deployed and designed in compliance with GDPR. Read More
The last and final version of the ePrivacy Regulation was finally delivered by the Council of the European Union. The work will finally move forward. I tracked all relevant ePrivacy events since 2016. I also directly participated in the works as an expert and advisor. While this is likely the Read More
Imagine tens of millions of users potentially receiving a popup asking the user to grant permission to be tracked, in September 2020. The striking news emerged from this year’s Apple WWDC conference. Apple will limit the use of the IDFA “tracking identifier”. This identifier allowed advertisers to track the Read More
In 2009, as people grew concerned over the pervasiveness of web tracking, the idea of adding Do Not Track (DNT) to browsers gained traction across the web. By enabling the setting, the browser attaches “DNT: 1” to a web request, effectively telling the site that user does not wish to Read More
I’m tracking all the things related to ePrivacy Regulation and also take an active part in the related work for a while now. What is ePrivacy? In a nutshell, ePrivacy is a regulation aiming to further protect privacy in electronic communication. Think of it as a specialized GDPR. Indeed, Read More
Currently, it is the key question of cybersecurity and privacy strategic policy. The European Union is going through an overhaul of its privacy and cybersecurity regulatory frameworks. New regulations appear with remarkable frequency. Let’s mention merely the three: NIS Directive (“common level of network and information security“), General Data Read More
Users of public transportation are mainly interested in one thing: getting to the right place conveniently and fast. So do I. Public transportation systems around the world struggle with maintaining their systems as efficient as possible. Transports for London (TfL) is perhaps in the avant-garde here. They are on the Read More
The work on ePrivacy continues and enters a hot period. I’m interested in it from the very beginning, I’m also actively involved in these works, also as a stakeholder. The draft proposal with amendments is now public. Being involved in those works, I’m impressed how good suggestions Read More
I am participating in the works on the ePrivacy Regulation. Last week I have attended ePrivacy Roundtables, organised at the European Parliament. That was an interesting opportunity to exchange opinions, present and exchange views. There were four Roundtables on the following topics: Cookies, Article 8, Consent, Privacy by Design and Read More
When is Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) or Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) necessary and mandatory according to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? So far there has been a lot of ambiguity surrounding the issue. I previously wrote about the DPIA guidelines (and its challenges) suggested by the Privacy Commission Read More
ePrivacy is one of the most crucial European privacy and data protection regulations. I already wrote about ePrivacy, analysing its leaked and the later official draft versions. The ePrivacy regulation is important because it touches a number of influential aspects such as: electronic communication, web technologies, and web browsers. To Read More
This very short note doesn’t mean to be technical. European Parliament will soon start the work on the ePrivacy regulation, one of the most important privacy and data protection regulatory frameworks in Europe. In short, ePrivacy concerns the matters of security and privacy of communication and data exchange, as Read More
European Commission has revealed their proposal for updating of ePrivacy directive. I have previously analysed a version of ePrivacy document leaked in December. The new regulation still provides strong guarantees of integrity and confidentiality of communication (concerning also Instant messengers such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Hangout, etc.). That’s Read More