Advocate general will issue his view on EU data transfers tomorrow
Henrik Saugmandsgaard Øe, Advocate general at the Court of Justice of the European Union, tomorrow will issue his opinion in […]
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Consumers Worry More About Privacy Than Any Other Issue Except Healthcare
That’s according to a new study from Wunderman Thompson Data, which found that 58% of consumers are very concerned about […]
NSA Data Storage Poses Risk to Civil Liberties, Watchdog Says
An audit conducted by the National Security Agency inspector general raises questions about the intelligence agency’s data retention policies. The […]
GDPR-Compliant Companies Outperform Rivals
Capgemini have published a new report which indicates that companies that comply with GDPR avail of certain advantages thanks to […]
Thief Stole Payroll Data for Thousands of Facebook Employees
Personal banking information for tens of thousands of Facebook Inc. workers in the U.S. was compromised last month when a […]
Data watchdog raps EU asylum body for snooping
The European Asylum Support Office combed through social media to monitor refugee routes to Europe for three years. The agency […]
Bitcoin ransomware locks 10 years’ worth of government data in Argentina
Bitcoin-hungry hackers have attacked a data center in Argentina which houses local government files. The size of the Bitcoin ransom […]
German Telecommunications Company Fined 9.5 Million Euros for GDPR Violation
German Federal Data Protection Supervisory Authority (BfDI) imposed a 9.55 million Euro fine on the telecommunications company 1&1 Telecom GmbH. […]
TikTok Said to Be Under National Security Review
The review comes after lawmakers raised concerns about TikTok’s growing influence in the United States. The United States government has […]
German Supervisory Authorities Propose Changes to the GDPR
On December 2, 2019, the German Supervisory Authorities issued a report evaluating the implementation of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) […]
Facebook and Barr Escalate Standoff Over Encrypted Messages
With 1.5 billion users, Facebook’s WhatsApp is perhaps the world’s most commonly used encrypted communications platform. Facebook executives and Attorney […]
In China’s digital courts, judges are AI and verdicts come via chat app
Artificial-intelligence judges, cybercourts and verdicts delivered on chat apps — welcome to China’s brave new world of justice. China’s digitalisation […]