Romanian DPA fines UniCredit €130,000 for data protection by design failures
The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (‘ANSPDCP’) announced, on 4 July 2019, that it had fined UniCredit Bank […]
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The EU Cybersecurity Act Introduces Certifications and the New Cybersecurity Agency
On June 27, 2019, the EU Regulation on Information and Communication Technology (Cybersecurity Act or Act) became effective introducing, for […]
Apple is making corporate ‘BYOD’ programs less invasive to user privacy
When people bring their own devices to work or school, they don’t want IT administrators to manage the entire device. […]
The importance of consent and privacy when deploying voice biometrics
Whilst choice of voice biometrics for many companies operating large call-centres may the correct technological choice, its implementation doesn’t appear […]
Deidentification versus anonymization
Anonymization is hard. Just like cryptography, most people are not qualified to build their own. Unlike cryptography, the research is […]
Google rolled out secure data sharing tool
Google has rolled out the open-source tool to help organizations work together with confidential data sets while raising the bar for […]
Human error still the major cause of data breaches
More than half of all executives (53%) and nearly three in 10 Small Business Owners (28%) who suffered a breach, […]
Users must receive specific and helpful information in case of a data breach
No generic information may be provided to users in case of a data breach, whilst specific guidance must be made […]
Lithuanian DPA launches investigation into D-Link
In response to publicly available information, the Lithuanian data protection authority – State Data Protection Inspectorate – launched an self-initiated […]
Cybersecurity certification gets an EU revamp
A new EU Regulation on cybersecurity promises a more coordinated approach across Europe. The new law will set up a framework […]
Hackers are stealing personal medical data to impersonate your doctor
While personally identifiable information — full names, social security numbers, home addresses, dates of birth, credit card numbers — can […]
Germany mulls giving end-to-end chat app encryption
Government officials in Germany are reportedly mulling a law to force chat app providers to hand over end-to-end encrypted conversations […]