Brave call? Brave.com’s new video calling service examined
Brave, the privacy friendly web browser, has made available a trial version of its new video calling service: Brave Together. We’ve been using it the past week for our calls. Who is Brave? Brave is an alternative web browser, with a mission to “fix the web by giving users a safer, faster and better browsing […]
Return to Work Safely Protocol: Key Steps for GDPR Compliance
The Irish Government’s Return to Work Safely Protocol is now in force. Employers are now developing procedures that meet its requirements and, most of all, ensure the protection of their employees’ and customers’ safety. The Protocol requires the collection and use of personal data concerning health (“personal health data”). As do many of the additional […]
SMEs and GDPR Enforcement: What lies ahead?
We aren’t economists, but it seems inevitable the SME sector will continue to feel the financial impact of COVID-19 long after the immediate crisis has passed. For many, this will mean taking radical action to manage their businesses differently and more efficiently, possibly at the expense of critical areas like data protection compliance. This is […]
Could a left of centre government in Ireland transform data protection in Europe?
A left of centre government in Ireland could provide more funding to the Data Protection Commission, allowing it to address a backlog of cross-border inquiries and complaints.
Impact Privacy is proud to support Doctors in Distress
Dedicated to reducing burn-out and suicide amongst medical doctors, Doctors in Distress has four key objectives: Culture change Positively campaign for culture change within the medical profession to remove the stigma associated with doctor burn-out resulting from heavy workloads and operating in a high pressure and stressful environment. Organisational responsibility Encourage wider organisational responsibility for […]
SMARTWATCH Data Act – not any data, and not just smartwatches
In the United States, federal laws give consumers limited protection over the sale of their personal health information by entities not covered by HIPAA. This poses a significant problem for consumers who increasingly use devices and applications to help manage lifestyle, fitness and health. These devices collect significant amounts of personal information from users, including […]
Make sure your EU website isn’t a cookie monster!
Cookies have been around for a very long time, first being used by Netscape to identify repeat visitors to their website. They have since become prolific, with few website users giving any thought to what they do, or their impact. Essentially small lookup tables deployed on website user’s browsers or equipment to capture information such […]
CTA’s Guiding Principles for Health Data Privacy
On September 12, the Consumer Technology Association released its “industry-developed” voluntary privacy principles for organisations that handle consumer health and wellness data. Developed through a collaboration of CTA members, the principles cover “the collection, use and sharing of data generated from personal health and wellness devices, apps, websites and other digital tools.” Whilst the principles […]
The Transparency Principle: Complying with Article 12
A failure to ensure data privacy notices comply with the transparency principle of the GDPR is a common problem. I recently completed some work for a German technology client, including a review of their existing Article 13 privacy statement, prepared by a legal professional. The client wasn’t particularly happy when I highlighted the statement didn’t […]
Ireland’s HSE Data Protection Policy – Data Revealing Religious Beliefs
Making a dental x-ray appointment with my local hospital, I was asked my child’s religion. As a special category of personal data, I couldn’t understand why processing my child’s religion was necessary for any of the purposes set out in the HSE’s data privacy statementwhich stated: “We will only process special categories of personal data where it […]
