Privacy & Ethics
For this week’s column, we look at four of ESOMAR’s data protection recommendations as part of the #BeDataSmart campaign by looking at four recent enforcements of the GDPR. A comprehensive understanding of the GDPR, and...
Marriott fined over £99m for data breach
The UK data protection authority – the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – has announced it will fine hotel giant Marriott over £99 million for their data breach that left the information of up to 383...
#BeDataSmart: Understanding the difference between de-identification and anonymization
A common mistake in handling data is to equate de-identification of data with anonymization of data. These two processes, although similar in many ways, should not be mistaken for the same thing. Indeed, whereas anonymization...
Gender inclusivity in research: a jigsaw puzzle?
Over the past few years, we have seen the emergence of the topic of gender inclusivity in the public sphere: countries like Canada and Australia, for example, now give the option for their citizen to...
Facebook has revived its MR app that pays users for their data
Facebook attracted a lot of attention recently over the use of its now-defunct Research app. The app obtained personal and sensitive data on circa 187,000 users, which included 4,300 teenagers....
A Quick Guide to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act
The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) was passed under the Bush administration in 1991 to restrict telemarketing calls which use automatic telephone dialing systems (also known as autodials), artificial or pre-recorded voice messages (often referred...