GDPR News

February 5, 2021

66% of Workers Risk Breaching GDPR by Printing Work-Related Docs at Home

20% of home workers admit to printing confidential employee info including payroll, addresses and medical information.

February 5, 2021

Privacy-focused DuckDuckGo launches new effort to block online tracking

Browser makers can and will use a carefully created and now freely shared list of companies that track your online activity.

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February 5, 2021

Data watchdog rejects EU criticism over Max Schrems complaints

The DPC had been dealt a stinging rebuke by the EU’s Parliamentary Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

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February 4, 2021

Police To Use A Network Of 1,000 “Anveshak” AI Cameras To “Spotlight” A Person’s Every Movement

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) researchers have figured out a way to turn a vast network of CCTV cameras into one massive surveillance network, which can target a specific vehicle or person.

February 4, 2021

A Spyware Vendor Seemingly Made a Fake WhatsApp to Hack Targets

Technical analyses by Citizen Lab and Motherboard found links between a fake version of WhatsApp and Cy4Gate, an Italian surveillance firm that works with cops and intelligence agencies.

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February 4, 2021

Commission reveals details on future EU robotics policy

Robotics technologies in the EU could come under the scope of new rules as part of a series of efforts to ensure the safety of next-generation technologies, it has emerged.

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February 3, 2021

Personal data stolen from Dutch coronavirus track-and-trace programme

Personal information of a large number of people who participated in the Netherlands’ coronavirus track-and-trace programme has been leaked, the Dutch health authorities (GGD) said.

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February 3, 2021

Australian government ordered to compensate asylum seekers for privacy breaches

The Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner in Australia, Angelene Falk, has found the Department of Home Affairs interfered with the privacy of 9,251 asylum seekers by mistakenly releasing their personal information.

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February 3, 2021

Facebook prompt will encourage ad tracking opt-in ahead of Apple’s privacy push

Facebook is facing a privacy reckoning, thanks to Apple. Facebook will start showing the prompt globally today, prior to Apple’s early spring update.

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February 2, 2021

China Has Stolen 80% Of American Adults’ Personal Data, Expert Claims

Chinese technology has faced many allegations of improper use of data, and this appears to extend to the medical information of US citizens, it is claimed.