I believe that the legislators drafting the GDPR have taken into account the concept of "behavioral surplus". Both can co-exist as long as companies exercise good judgement in the processing of data. According to Article 5(1)(c) of the GDPR, Personal data processed must be "adequate, relevant ...

According to Recital 32 of the GDPR, "pre-ticked boxes" as well as "inactivity" does not count as consent [1]. Planet49 GmbH v Bundesverband der Verbraucherzentralen was probably one of the cases which set the precedence for what constitutes consent. Planet49 had a pre-ticked checkbox on its ...

I would like to explore Article 9(2)(e) of the GDPR further as the term "manifestly made public" appears to warrant more in depth discussion. An example for such a situation could be an event organizer processing the details of an openly known HIV positive individual to invite that individual ...

Article 9(1) of the GDPR added genetic data, biometric data where it is used to uniquely identify a person as well as sexual orientation into the definition of "sensitive personal data". These changes were likely prompted by the social and technological changes that occurred in the decade ...

Under a permissive approach, Roomba has little obligations to its customers. It is able to use a blanket statement in its policy such as "share personal information with subsidiaries, third party vendors, and the government, as well as in connection with 'any company transaction' such as a ...

Congratulations to all 45,137 recipients of the Singapore Police Bicentennial 2020 medal. The medal is awarded to all SPF officers in service during the year of 2020, including regulars, NSFs, NSmen and VSC officers. It is rare for the rank and names of so many police officers to be published ...

Update (9 Jan 2020) The government has announced the decision to make all publications in the Gazette freely available to the public. Kudos to the government for doing so! As such, there is no point in continuing to archive them. I have turned off the search feature. However, this page will ...

I had to place an obituary in the Straits Times recently. SPH offers an online service where you can use their tool to design the obituary and make payment, all without going down to their office. I decided to use the service. I entered my personal details and contact information into the first ...