ePrivacy Regulation Proposal and GDPR
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has published an Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation on Privacy and Electronic […]
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Italian DPA issues its guidelines on the GDPR
The European privacy regulation (GDPR) can now rely on detailed guidelines from Italian data protection authority on how to comply […]
May 2018 deadline for EU ePrivacy Regulation may be unrealistic
Member States are still preparing their national positions on EU Commission’s proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. However, the EU Council’s […]
Dani Mathers Faces Jail Time For Snapchat Photo
The former playboy model has been charged with misdemeanor invasion of privacy for the post, which she added to her […]
Ransomware attack is why we can’t have security backdoors, say privacy advocates
Cybertools allegedly stolen from the NSA were used to craft the WannaCry ransomware. Privacy experts are calling the global ransomware […]
European Commission callsg for GDPR expert group applications
European Commission’s Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers has set up a multistakeholder expert group to support the application of General Data […]
EDPS publishes necessity toolkit
In April European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) published necessity toolkit. The toolkit is designed to help policymakers identify the impact […]
Germany′s highest court rules IP addresses may be saved in interest of cybersecurity
Cybersecurity takes priority over a person’s data protection rights in some cases, the Federal Court has ruled. This specifically refers […]
ICO publishes annual reports for 2016 and 2017
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office has published reports detailing operational work undertaken by the ICO in 2016/17. Source: Annual operational reports 2016/17 | ICO
Facebook faces fines, investigations in EU
One day after Italy’s antitrust regulators announced Facebook has been fined 3 million euros for putting an “excessive emphasis” on the need to […]
Daily Report: Evidence Points to North Korea in Ransomware Attack
Security researchers have found striking similarities in the code used in the global attack to that used in previous breaches […]
Cyber attack eases, hacking group threatens to sell code
Shadow Brokers, the group that has taken credit for that leak, threatened on Tuesday to release more recent code to […]