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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 student attendance for violating Europe’s General...
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 month, according to an employee who had their...
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, cybercriminals are promoting a cheat pack that...
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 student attendance for violating Europe’s General...
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. The “General Data Protection Regulation” (the...
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 people with knowledge of the inquiry. The...
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 processing. The scandal has its roots in the start of...
Facebook’s Like Button Makes Websites Liable
Facebook Inc's “Like” button makes third-party websites responsible for processing people’s data under the European Union’s privacy rules, according to the EU’s top court. The EU Court of Justice...
India to approach the EU seeking ‘adequacy’ status with the GDPR
India will approach the European Union seeking ‘adequacy’ status with the General Data Protection Regulation once the country finalizes and passes its own Personal Data Protection Bill, two people...
ICO fines Make It Easy for making spam calls
Making it Easy Ltd has been fined £160,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) for making spam calls to people registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS). The ICO has...
Greek DPA issues 150K euro fine to PwC
The DPA considered that PWC BS: -i. has unlawfully processed the personal data of its employees contrary to the provisions of Article 5(1)(a) indent (a) of the GDPR since it used an inappropriate...
Podcast: How much does Google know about you?
Google’s story is one of extraordinary growth. From its days as an insurgent startup, it now dominates internet search in most of the world and has branched out into video sharing, operating...
Heathrow Airport chosen to take part in new ICO
The UK’s data regulation - the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) - has announced which participants it has selected to take part in its new data protection Sandbox scheme, which aims to...
Massive data breach hits Capital One
Capital One said that personal information, including the Social Security and bank account numbers of more than 100 million individuals, were compromised in a massive data theft that led to the...
Transaction data is not allowed for direct marketing
In a letter dated 1 July 2019 (in Dutch) (the "Letter"), Dutch Data Protection Authority (the "Dutch DPA") informed the Dutch Banking Association that processing individuals' transaction data for...