Tuğhan Thuraisingam

Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them. And yet that day has arrived.

This is the kind of break-up situation that could get messy, writes @StewartRoom buff.ly/2CPHsj5

#ECJ: the Decision on the adequacy of the protection provided by the EU-US Data Protection Shield is invalidated, but @EU_Commission Decision on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to processors established in third countries is valid #Facebook #Schrems

#ECJ: the judgment in the #Schrems/#Facebook Ireland case will be delivered today at 9.30 @maxschrems (C-311/18)

Poland's #Personal_Data Protection Office (PDPO) fines primary school for processing #biometric #data of children to verify payment of school meals (despite having obtained parental #consent for such #processing). uodo.gov.pl/en/553/1102 #tracking #gdpr #privacy #dataprotection

Great to read about some of the key issues and themes identified by the @ICOnews through its #Sandbox initiative six months on. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/… #privacy #GDPR #dataprotection #technology #innovation #compliance

🔐 Apply appropriate #retention periods specific to #data sets held and preserve #digital evidence where relevant post #data_breach.

🔐 #Minimise privileges of user #accounts. Apply time limits to permissions where possible.

The recent #ICO fine in the form of #security recommendations - see thread below. ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/… #privacy #dataprotection #cybersecurity #gdpr #breach #infosec

Three Consumer #data #privacy bills based on the #GDPR has been recently introduced in the #Wisconsin State Assembly docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lc/hearin…

#Insurance #app records users as driving whilst they were actually cycling / on train, risking cancellation of policies. #Tracking #technologies offer individuals with affordable insurance, but can prove detrimental if not designed appropriately. #privacy bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Delighted to be returning to @unisouthampton tomorrow (where it all began) to deliver a presentation with my colleague @shervinnahid on how we ended up as “#Data #Privacy Lawyers (by accident)”. @UoSLawSchool #Law #Careers