German regional data protection authorities impose fines of EUR 449,000 for GDPR breaches
German regional data protection authorities have imposed fines in 75 cases totalling EUR 449,0000 for breaches of the European General […]
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Only 0.25% of reported data breach cases fined under GDPR
Data requested by digi.me shows that of 11,468 data breach cases closed by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) since GDPR’s […]
Ireland Is Being Shamed For Not Regulating Big Tech
Europe’s tough data-privacy rules risk being undermined by the inaction of a single regulator. Even though Irish Data Protection Commission […]
Facebook facing 20-year consent agreement after privacy lapses
The social media giant Facebook is headed toward an agreement with the U.S. government over its privacy policies and practices […]
GDPR: Europe Counts 65,000 Data Breach Notifications So Far
European privacy authorities have received nearly 65,000 data breach notifications since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation went into full […]
Data transfers as the Brexit clock counts down
Many business owners have spoken of their concern for the impact a “no deal” Brexit could have on personal data […]
ICO’s draft Age Appropriate Design Code could seriously impact child data processing
On 15 April 2019, the ICO opened a public consultation on a draft code of practice titled Age Appropriate Design. […]
Microsoft working to support decentralised identity
Microsoft is among the big tech players aiming to help enable personalisation of products and services without putting privacy at […]
Companies’ Stock Value Dropped 7.5% after Data Breaches
After analyzing the top three breaches from the past three years, Bitglass found that in the aftermath of a data […]
An estimated 500K organizations have registered DPOs across Europe
As the EU General Data Protection Regulation approaches its first birthday, hundreds of thousands of privacy professionals have jobs tied […]
An overview of the proposed US Privacy Bill of Rights
On April 12, Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) sponsored the Privacy Bill of Rights Act, one of the most comprehensive pieces […]
The GDPR: the driving force behind creative advertising
The months and weeks before its introduction, businesses – and particularly the media industry –scrambled to meet the GDPR legislation. […]