Article 29 Working Party Comments on FATCA
Article 29 Working responded to a letter on effect of U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) on European citizens […]
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Telecom Italy fined 840,000 euros for marketing calls without consent
The Garante, Italy’s Data Protection Commission, has issued an administrative fine of Euros 840,000 for breaching Italy’s Privacy Code. Telecom […]
Ireland: New and Improved Data Protection Commission
The eagerly awaited Data Protection Bill 2018 (Bill) was published on 1 February 2018. The Bill implements those instances where […]
Ireland’s DPA releases GDPR guidelines and checklist
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner has released a guidelines and checklist template to assist organisations in ensuring compliance with the General […]
CEOs should be reporting data breaches
CEOs, not chief information officers (CIOs), should be making the call on whether to report a data breach when a […]
GDPR not at odds with FCA Handbook, say UK authorities
New data protection laws are not at odds with regulatory requirements imposed on companies in the financial services sector, two […]
Company previously fined for making nuisance calls is prosecuted for failing to change its ways
A company that has already been fined for making nuisance calls has now been prosecuted in a criminal court for […]
UK’s DPA publishes data security incident trends in Q3 2017
View the recent data security incidents that have been reported or notified to the UK’s Data protection authority – ICO, […]
French DPA publishes guidelines on connected vehicles
The compliance package has been elaborated in consultation with stakeholders from the automobile sector, businesses in the insurance and telecoms […]
Cryptojacking attack hits ~4,000 websites, including UK’s data watchdog
At first glance a CoinHive crypto miner being served by a website whose URL contains the string ‘ICO’ might not […]
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 […]
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 […]