Big data companies like Google and Facebook are now facing increased scrutiny about the use of massive amounts of personal data in the digital ad marketplace.… Continue reading
On 1 March 2017, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a paper on big data, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data protection (replacing its early paper published in 2014). Although the paper is described as a “discussion paper”, it makes a number of recommendations that those involved in big data projects would be well … Continue reading
On May 10, 2016, the French and German antitrust authorities published a joint study on competition law and the collection and use of data, particularly so-called big data (the Big Data Study). Data protection as such is outside the scope of EU competition laws, but antitrust authorities have considered the significance of data on a … Continue reading
On January 30, 2015, Norton Rose Fulbright New York City office will host FTC Commissioner Julie Brill for a privacy roundtable. As part of the IAPP KnowledgeNet lecture series, Commissioner Brill will address privacy topics that will be in focus for 2015: Big Data, its fair use and effects on consumers, the privacy issues raised by … Continue reading