Singapore finalises new Cybersecurity Act
The Cybersecurity Act will apply to organisations that are designated as operating ‘critical information infrastructure’ (CII) in Singapore. Organisations in […]
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Employee who sold personal data to nuisance callers is fined
A former worker at an accident repair firm who downloaded and sold the personal data of motorists to nuisance callers […]
French Draft Data Protection Law One Step Closer to a Final Version
On 9 February 2018, the French National Assembly adopted at first reading the new draft data protection law implementing the […]
WP29 Presidency 2014 – 2018: Track Record
Over the 4 years, the Working Party was involved in key events and actions such as the CJEU’s Google Spain […]
UK’s FCA and DPA publish joint update on GDPR
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) have today published an update on the EU General […]
Luxembourg DPA approves the BCR of PayPal
The PayPal Group has adopted Binding Corporate Rules, which define its global data protection policy with regard to international transfers […]
Strong encryption makes us all safer
The home secretary has made a hash – or what she would call “a hashtag” – of her efforts to […]
Privacy advocates are wrong on connected cars
If privacy advocates get their way, getting an oil change will involve as much legal paperwork as going to the […]
GDPR applicability to processors
The applicability rules of the GDPR now also include processors. The reason for this inclusion is that the GDPR provides […]
Equifax says more private data was stolen in 2017 breach than first revealed
The credit rating agency said it didn’t originally announce “potential” data points, like tax identification numbers, that “may have been […]
Mixpanel analytics accidentally slurped up passwords
The passwords of some people using sites monitored by popular analytics provider Mixpanel were mistakenly pulled into its software. Until […]
Company to Link Clothes to a Blockchain
In a test due to begin this year, L.L. Bean plans to ship clothing with sewn-in sensors that send data […]