This blog is part of a series on three important documents the European Commission (EC) released on February 19, 2020, to outline its digital strategy and policy objectives. TLDR: What You Need to Know The European Commission released a five-year roadmap entitled “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future” The Commission plans to [...]
As the debate surrounding facial recognition intensified in 2019, you could be forgiven for not being able to make sense of the cacophony. Not only is facial recognition itself a subset of the broader privacy discussion, but it brings to bear a diverse assortment of issues whose relevance depends on [...]
Today, the law of the land concerning the privacy of individuals’ health information is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and more specifically, the HIPAA Privacy Rule. But one need only take a cursory look at the name of the underlying law (Health Insurance Portability…) to glean that [...]
Because good things come in threes, the European Commission (EC) released no fewer than three important documents related to its plans to make Europe “fit for the digital age” on February 19, 2020. These documents include a Communication entitled “Shaping Europe’s Digital Future”, the “European Strategy for Data” and the [...]
When the first iPad was released in 2010, Pierre Abel and his wife were homeschooling their two daughters. The couple quickly realized that tablets can be a great child-friendly tool to enable learning and encourage creativity. Pierre, a developer and designer of Apple applications since 1983, then launched their family [...]
