Insurers seek clarity on coverage for GDPR fines
Insurers have called for clarity from global policymakers about the extent to which they can provide coverage for regulatory fines […]
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Flood of Complaints to EU Countries Since Data Law Adopted
More than 95,000 complaints have been filed with EU countries since the bloc’s flagship data protection laws took effect eight […]
Lessons for Corporate Boardrooms From Yahoo’s Cybersecurity Settlement
The former officers and directors of Yahoo agreed to pay $29 million to settle charges that they breached their fiduciary […]
Validity of consent coupled with free online services
The Austrian Data Protection Authority, headed by the chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), provided a clear way […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Facebook’s Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine
Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations that breached […]
GDPR challenges of using AI
AI, machine learning, deep learning, neural networks – call it what you like, there’s a lot of excitement about the […]
Google fined €50 million in France for GDPR breach about consent
France’s Data Protection Authority, the CNIL, has today announced a 50 million euro fine on Google LLC for lack of […]
UK trade sector risks GDPR fines over poor data disposal
UK businesses in the trade sector are risking GDPR fines for failing to wipe data from old IT equipment, a […]
Privacy campaigner Schrems slaps Amazon, Apple, Netflix, others with GDPR data access complaints
European privacy campaigner Max Schrems has filed a fresh batch of strategic complaints at tech giants, including Amazon, Apple, Netflix, […]