Italian Supervisory Authority approves Code of Conduct under the GDPR
On September 12, 2019, the Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante) approved a code of conduct for consumer credit agencies, pursuant to […]
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This Guy Made an Ad Blocker That Works on Podcasts and Radio
AdBlock Radio is an adblocker for live radio streams and podcasts. It detects audio ads with machine-learning and Shazam-like techniques Alexandre […]
German publishers wrestle with Firefox’s latest anti-tracking changes
German publishers have been hit hard by Mozilla Firefox’s latest anti-tracking update, which blocks third-party cookies by default. Publishers have […]
Google ‘protecting ad revenue’ by blocking privacy standards
Google has voted against measures aimed at preserving web users’ privacy in what would have been an expansion of the […]
Healthcare data hacking could lead to identity thefts
When a healthcare company is hacked, criminals gain access not only to health information, but also to demographic and financial […]
Google wins landmark right to be forgotten case
Europe’s top court has ruled that Google does not have to apply the right to be forgotten globally. It means […]
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 […]
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 […]