GDPR News

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July 19, 2021

In Viktor Orban’s Hungary, spyware was used to monitor journalists

The deployment of the tool, confirmed with forensics, shows a willingness to use tactics previously deemed out-of-bounds.

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July 19, 2021

94% of organizations have suffered insider data breaches

Human error is the top cause of serious breaches but malicious attacks are IT leaders’ biggest concern.

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July 19, 2021

Spyware leak suggests lawyers and activists at risk across globe

Leaked records show dissidents and those who help them prominent among those under threat from NSO spyware.

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July 15, 2021

Kill the standard privacy notice

If Facebook’s privacy policy is as hard to comprehend as German philosopher Immanuel Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason,” we have a problem.

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July 15, 2021

Can facial analysis technology create a child-safe internet?

Determining a person’s age online seems like an intractable problem. But new technology and laws could be on the brink of solving it.

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July 15, 2021

Thinking about selling your Echo Dot—or any IoT device? Read this first

Deleting data from Echo Dots—and other IoT devices from Amazon and elsewhere—is hard.

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July 15, 2021

We need a new strategy to tackle ‘exponential’ growth of ransomware, says Interpol

The International Criminal Police Organization, Interpol, has called for collaboration between police and industry to prevent a “potential ransomware pandemic”.

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July 15, 2021

Italian Supervisory Authority Fines Foodinho Over its Use of Performance Management Algorithms

The Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante) announced that it has fined Foodinho S.r.l. 2.6 million EUR for its use of performance algorithms in connection with its employees.

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July 15, 2021

EDPB adopts urgent binding decision: Irish SA not to take final measures but to carry out statutory investigation

The EDPB adopted its first urgent binding decision pursuant to Art. 66(2) GDPR.

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July 13, 2021

Spreading personal data to become a criminal offence in Netherlands

The Netherlands is to make ‘doxing’ – sharing personal details such as addresses and telephone numbers on the internet without permission – a criminal offence.