Kaspersky says malicious cyber attacks affecting nearly four in ten smart buildings
37.8% of computers used to control smart building automation systems were impacted by cyber attacks in the first half of […]
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Study reveals cyber exposure through Microsoft products
Vulnerability assessment specialists, Intruder, today announced its research team has discovered that organisations including almost 40% of the FTSE 100, […]
Police in North Rhine-Westphalia can no longer publish photos of protests
The judge says it could discourage protesters from joining in and thus infringe on the fundamental right to assembly. The […]
Design considerations for building privacy-protecting analytics services
If data is the new oil, then analytics are the new refinery without which any modern business is unable to […]
Polish DPA imposes €645,000 fine for insufficient organisational and technical safeguards
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of an amount higher than PLN 2.8 million (ca. […]
EU Council Presidency Published Amended Proposal for Draft ePrivacy Regulation
On September 18, 2019, the Presidency of the European Council published its proposed amendments to the Proposal for a Regulation […]
Belgian DPA: Requiring Customers to Allow Their ID Cards To Be Scanned To Receive Loyalty Cards Violates GDPR
Asking to read an electronic ID card as a condition for the provision of a service (issuing a rewards/loyalty card) […]
Facebook and Google have ad trackers on your streaming TV
Modern TV, coming to you over the Internet instead of through cable or over the air, has a modern problem: […]
Secret FBI Subpoenas Scoop Up Personal Data From Scores of Companies
The F.B.I. has used secret subpoenas to obtain personal data from far more companies than previously disclosed. The requests, which […]
Research reveals six common CX failures when handling GDPR information requests
A recent study conducted by Macro 4 reveals problems in the way companies are handling data subject access requests – […]
OTA Analysis Finds Most Organizations Not Ready For New Privacy Regulations
The Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance (OTA), which identifies and promotes security and privacy best practices that build consumer confidence […]
33% of executives don’t trust their organization to protect employee data
A third of executives in the US are “not confident in their organization’s ability to protect employee data from bad […]