Safe Harbor 2.0 and the reaction of cyber imperialists
-Mr. Schrems has his doubts about ‘Safe Harbor 2.0’, according to his recent interview with Ars Technica. Others have been quick to jump on board with dissent, eyeing opportunities to become a neutral data haven. According to John Whelan, a data privacy lawyer, in an interview with the Irish site independent.ie, “If Privacy Shield doesn’t work out and ultimately data…
Attack of the Ombudsperson
-The draft document for ‘Safe Harbor 2.0’ was released on March 2, and is pending review and approval by the EU Article 29 Working Party by the end of March (sure). Sidley Austin’s Data Matters blog covers it well. In summary, the new framework is ‘significantly different’ from Safe Harbor 1.0 so companies must re-certify to “ensure a…
Inpher Launches with $1m Financing Round
-Inpher has launched a software development kit that encrypts data at its inception, while supporting search and basic analytical functions without decryption. Industry applications range from banking, insurance and healthcare to platforms for managing Internet of Things (IoT) devices. “Many companies have been apprehensive to implement end-to-end encryption for their unstructured data because it can be difficult to…
