As consumers do and store more and more online, the threat of data breaches and privacy lapses is ever-present. Americans’ […]
Data insecurity and data protection: Will U.S. consumers benefit from new EU data protection laws?
What we can learn from the Equifax breach
Massive Data Breach at U.S. Credit Bureau Equifax Raises Many Questions, Including About U.S. Privacy and Data Security Laws and […]
#WatchOut: Significant security flaws in smartwatches for children
As a part of our work on the Internet of things, the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) has analyzed consumer rights […]
Reporting back on the ‘Modern Biotechnology in Agriculture’ conference
I was attending as a panel member at the EU high level conference on “Modern Biotechnology in Agriculture – Paving […]
Making ‘open trade’ and the global market work for EU consumers
“Open trade must go hand in hand with open policy making,” Jean-Claude Juncker said in his annual State of the […]
Reporting back: ‘Ensuring Privacy Rights for All’
Last month, TACD hosted a half-day workshop in Washington, DC—Ensuring Privacy Rights for All—that brought together industry, privacy and consumer […]
Tinder and me: My life, my business
Tinder is one of the many online dating companies of the Match Group. Launched in 2012, Tinder started being profitable as of 2015, […]
Five things the online tracking industry gets wrong
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe, one of the loudest enemies of the e-Privacy Regulation, is the association of online tracking […]
Does CETA live up to the SDGs?
The European Commission has championed the inclusion of sustainable development chapters in its trade agreements, including […]
A food policy worthy of the name: are healthy food and trade compatible?
Diet is the foremost risk factor for non-communicable diseases (NCDs): the average European consumes too much sugar, too much saturated […]