FBI cracks alleged al-Qaida shooter’s iPhone without Apple’s help
U.S. authorities have reportedly broken through the encryption on one of the iPhones belonging to a mass shooter without the […]
GDPR News
Australia Tightens Privacy Protections on COVID-19 Tracing App
New legislation imposes stronger privacy protections on Australia’s planned contact-tracing app. “The Australian government’s coronavirus tracing app will have stronger […]
Hungarian Government Suspends GDPR Data Subjects Rights
On May 4, 2020, the Hungarian Government issued a Decree that suspends, during the COVID-19 created state of emergency, the […]
First GDPR fine issued in Ireland
Eilis McDonald & John Magee Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR […]
French Court Bans the Use of Drone Surveillance to Enforce Covid-19 Lockdown
The Conseil d’État, France’s highest administrative court, issued a decision banning French authorities from using drone surveillance to track individuals […]
German Mass Surveillance Abroad is Ruled Unconstitutional
In a landmark decision, the German Constitutional Court has ruled that mass surveillance of telecommunications outside of Germany conducted on […]
Norwegian DPA launches investigation into Disqus
The Norwegian data protection authority has launched an investigation into Disqus for allegedly collecting information about Norwegians through comment areas […]
EasyJet announces cybersecurity incident affecting 9 million clients
EasyJet announced that it had been “the target of a cybersecurity attack from a highly sophisticated source”. EasyJet stated that […]
Germany′s data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is a no-go
Germany’s data privacy chief has told federal bodies not to use WhatsApp, amid concerns that it feeds Facebook with data. […]
CJEU to Deliver Judgement on Validity of Standard Contractual Clauses on July 16, 2020
The Court of Justice of the European Union has announced via its Twitter feed that it will deliver its judgement […]
Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant
The government just got even more power to spy on your internet habits as millions remain quarantined at home. The […]
Health officials think Apple and Google virus-tracking apps will be useless
Apple and Google’s last month announced of a joint effort to track the coronavirus. But as the tech giants have […]