miketacd, Author at TACD | Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue

27th April 2018

TACD calls for increased transparency in negotiations on steel and aluminium tariffs

On 27 April 2018, TACD sent a letter to United States Trade Representative, Ambassador Lighthizer and the European Commissioner for […]

9th April 2018

TACD calls on Facebook to adopt same privacy standards for all consumers and give details on how to Congress

Today, the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) sent a letter to the CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, urging Facebook to adopt […]

1st March 2018

Data insecurity and data protection: Will U.S. consumers benefit from new EU data protection laws?

Linda Sherry

As consumers do and store more and more online, the threat of data breaches and privacy lapses is ever-present. Americans’ […]

20th November 2017

Reporting back: ‘Ensuring Privacy Rights for All’

Katharina Kopp

Last month, TACD hosted a half-day workshop in Washington, DC—Ensuring Privacy Rights for All—that brought together industry, privacy and consumer […]

19th October 2017

Tinder and me: My life, my business

Maryant Fernández Pérez

Tinder is one of the many online dating companies of the Match Group. Launched in 2012, Tinder started being profitable as of 2015, […]

26th April 2018

We need sound policy to quell the data arms race, protect users

Susan Grant

What do the Equifax breach, Cambridge Analytica’s use of Facebook users’ data for political campaign purposes and Grindr’s sharing of […]

22nd March 2018

How Google is eroding consumers’ freedom to choose

Agustin Reyna

Google hit the headlines last year when the European Commission fined the tech giant €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust […]

28th February 2018

TACD welcomes European Commission decision to defend peoples’ privacy in trade discussions

Today, 28 February 2018, the European Consumer Organisation (BEUC), European Digital Rights (EDRi) and the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) issues […]

23rd October 2017