Small business in Germany hit with €5,000 GDPR fine
A small business in Germany has been issued with a €5,000 fine for inadequate data processing standards, after misplacing one […]
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The French doctrine of offensive cyber operations
Many countries are developing cyber capabilities, including for their military forces. Details are often secret. Public discussions are therefore always […]
Dutch surgeon wins landmark ‘right to be forgotten’ case
A Dutch surgeon formally disciplined for her medical negligence has won a legal action to remove Google search results about […]
Security is the no. 1 IT barrier to cloud and SaaS adoption
Security is the top barrier in cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) adoption for enterprise IT infrastructures, according to […]
Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome
The drafted changes will limit the capabilities available to extension developers, ostensibly for the sake of speed and safety. Chromium […]
Why Facebook’s ’10-Year Challenge’ Is A Disaster For Big Data Surveillance
Whether the response to this latest viral meme is a change of direction or a bump in the road, it’s […]
On Facebook and Twitter your privacy is at risk
Individual choice has long been considered a bedrock principle of online privacy. If you don’t want to be on Facebook, […]
Facebook and Google back changes to laws which break encryption
Industry groups including the representative of tech giants Facebook, Google, Twitter and Amazon, have backed several Labor amendments to the […]
Japan considers applying domestic privacy rules to global tech giants
A communications ministry panel says Japan should consider a legal revision so it can impose “secrecy of communications” rules on […]
Russian Government Presses Twitter, Facebook Over Data-Storage Law
Russia’s communications watchdog has opened administrative proceedings against the U.S. social-media sites Twitter and Facebook for allegedly failing to comply […]
Legal proceedings to start following EU citizens’ immigration data access controversy
EU citizens have to launch a legal case against a law which stops people from gaining access to immigration data […]
Dutch SA initiates exploratory investigation into DPAs
The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “AP”) recently communicated a press release stating that it reached out to 30 organizations […]