Google hit the headlines last year when the European Commission fined the tech giant €2.42 billion for breaching EU antitrust […]
How Google is eroding consumers’ freedom to choose
Data insecurity and data protection: Will U.S. consumers benefit from new EU data protection laws?
As consumers do and store more and more online, the threat of data breaches and privacy lapses is ever-present. Americans’ […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
#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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Does CETA live up to the SDGs?
The European Commission has championed the inclusion of sustainable development chapters in its trade agreements, including […]