Cartoon on Big Data and Information Gathering
Here’s a cartoon I created about Big Data and information gathering that I haven’t yet posted. Hope you enjoy it!
Author: Daniel Solove
Posts by Daniel Solove
The Hidden Force That Will Drive GDPR Privacy Compliance
The clock is ticking on getting ready to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). EU regulators will start enforcing it on May 25, 2018. GDPR is less than a year away, and it’s quite a challenge to get ready for. Becoming compliant is not something that can be achieved overnight, or in a […]
Cartoon on Notice and Choice – Avoid Being Creepy
My cartoon on why notice and choice is often not enough.
Preparing for GDPR: A Year to Batten Down the Hatches
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect on May 25, 2018. The GDPR strengthens privacy protections in the EU and includes a number of additional rights and responsibilities.
Privacy and Security in Health Tech: Improving Transparency About Practices
Many app developers overlook privacy and security by failing to do one of the most basic first steps of data protection – informing consumers of their practices. For example, in a study published in 2016 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 80% of diabetes apps surveyed didn’t have a notice informing consumers about privacy […]
Cartoon about Privacy, Big Data, and Predictive Algorithms
A Guide to Grading Exams
This post is a reprise of a post I wrote many years ago that has remained popular. I thought I’d repost it now, during exam grading season, to help professors who want to learn the science and art of grading exams. It’s that time of year again. Students have taken their finals, and now […]
Ransomware The Horror Grows
As the FBI warned, ransomware has proven to be a formidable threat costing businesses over $1 billion in 2016, averaging 4,000 attacks per day. Ransomware forces victims to choose between losing access to their files or paying a fee that can range between hundreds and thousands of dollars. Ransomware has already made headlines in the first […]
The U.S. Congress Is Not the Leader in Privacy or Data Security Law
A common myth is that the U.S. Congress is a leader in creating privacy and data security law. But this has not been true for quite some time. Congress isn’t leading, and even the policies and practices of US companies are increasingly built around the law of the European Union (EU) or the states. In […]
Congress’s Attempt to Repeal the FCC Internet Privacy Rules: The Void Will Be Filled
Recently, Congress voted to overturn new FCC rules that regulated the privacy of broadband Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The rules implemented the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. § 222 to ISPs, requiring opt in for sharing sensitive customer data, opt out for sharing non-sensitive customer data, as well as transparency requirements. Sensitive data includes precise geo-location, children’s […]