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Europe’s privacy overhaul has led to $126 million in fines
The EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over 160,000 data breach notifications, according to law firm DLA Piper. The biggest penalty under GDPR to date was...
Facial recognition: EU considers ban of up to five years
"Regulators want time to work out how to prevent the technology being abused. The technology allows faces captured on CCTV to be checked in real...
Google wants to make third-party cookies obsolete
"The company revealed plans to phase out third-party cookies recently on the official Chromium blog to increase "the privacy of web browsing". ...
Washington State Takes Another Pass at a Privacy Law
"Like the proposal that failed last year, Senate Bill 6281 would apply to companies large and small conducting business in Washington that control...
EU Parliament debates: Could California be considered ‘adequate’ on its own?
"Could California have its own Privacy Shield arrangement separate from the rest of the U.S.? That was the most exciting question that emerged from...
South Korean Court Imposes Personal Liability on Privacy Officer for Data Breach
"The privacy officer was accused of violating South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Act and the Network Act, which require the person...
Avoid heavy AI regulation, White House tells EU
"The US administration has urged European lawmakers to avoid heavy regulation frameworks in the future rollout of Artificial Intelligence...
California Will Be Key Battleground in Tech Privacy Fight in 2020
"On Jan. 1, the law—the California Consumer Privacy Act—officially took effect. But that is hardly the end of it. The legislation could very well be...
Commission urges member states to allocate resources to DPAs
"Sweden’s data protection authority has issued a penalty of SEK 200,000 (US$20,650) to a school which used biometric facial recognition to record...
1,000 Siri recordings were listened during each shift
"Contractors in Cork were expected to each listen to more than 1,000 recordings from Siri every shift - before Apple suspended the practice last...
When cybercriminals develop an interest for Fortnite
"Fortnite is a hugely popular “battle royale” video game available for all OSes and console platforms. As discovered by Cyren researchers recently,...
Swedish data protection authority issues first fine for biometrics use under GDPR
"Sweden’s data protection authority has issued a penalty of SEK 200,000 (US$20,650) to a school which used biometric facial recognition to record...
As a non-EU company, how should you prepare for Brexit ?
Business will continue whether it’s with or without the UK, but companies need certainty as to which actions to take under data protection rules....
F.T.C. Said to Be Investigating YouTube
The Federal Trade Commission is in the advanced stages of an investigation into YouTube’s handling of videos aimed at children, according to two...
The Great Hack documentary now on Netflix
The Great Hack, a documentary exploring the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal and how it lifts the mask on the dark arts of personal data...