EU-US Privacy Shield passes third Commission ‘health check’
The European Commission published its report on the third annual review of the EU-US Privacy Shield. This despite the EU […]
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Where does the GDPR fine money go?
On 8 July 2019, the UK’s ICO issued British Airways with a £183 million penalty for violations and just one […]
Biometric use set to increase with expansion of iris recognition technology
New research points to major developments in global iris recognition, with the market set to grow from this year’s figure […]
Facebook must face $35B facial-recognition lawsuit following court ruling
Facebook’s most recent attempt to extricate itself from a potentially landmark lawsuit has come to a dead end, as a […]
EDPB Issues Final Guidelines on ‘Necessary for the Performance of a Contract’ Legal Basis
The European Data Protection Board has issued issued final guidelines on the “necessary for the performance of a contract” legal […]
Supply chains show their weaknesses following Avast and NordVPN attacks
Antivirus solution provider Avast and VPN service NordVPN each disclosed a data breach that were traced back to a case […]
China Sharpens Hacking to Hound Its Minorities, Far and Wide
New, more sophisticated attacks are targeting Uighurs’ phones — even iPhones and even abroad, security researchers say. They warn that […]
EBF publishes proposals on Cyber incident reporting
In order to ensure that financial institutions are able to quickly and effectively report cyber incidents without at the same […]
Consumers balance data privacy against personalisation
Consumers are willing to share their personal data in exchange for personalisation, depending on whether the service meets their expectations, […]
Ireland publishes note on data breach trends
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has published information note on data breach trends from the first year of the General Data […]
EU contracts with Microsoft raising ‘serious’ data concerns
Europe’s chief data protection watchdog has raised concerns over contractual arrangements between Microsoft and the European Union institutions which are […]
Security researchers expose new Alexa and Google Home vulnerability
Security researchers with SRLabs have disclosed a new vulnerability affecting both Google and Amazon smart speakers that could allow hackers […]