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ArticleThe Splintering of Global Data Flows: Is the ‘Risk-Based Approach’ Dead?
To combat foreign government surveillance, European data protection regulators are taking an increasingly hardline stance on GDPR enforcement that could drastically change the internet. Some argue that a more pragmatic, “risk-based approach” could help avoid severe disruption. But a recent decision against Google suggests those people are losing the debate.
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PrivSec Global and FinCrime World Forum go live tomorrow
Starting tomorrow, PrivSec Global and FinCrime World Forum will bring together leading experts from around the globe to address the fragmented privacy, cyber, and AML challenges worldwide.
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GRC TV Episode 2: AI and Synthetic Media
This week’s guests discuss abolishing Clearview AI, the paradigm shift in synthetic media and the impact of BlackLivesMatter on facial recognition technology.
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Red Flag series: Orchestrating RegTech solutions to work together
The first episode of the GRC Red Flag Series discusses the GRC Orchestrate project and calls for firms to work collaboratively on standardising industry-led solutions to RegTech.
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Six key themes from PrivSec Global Day Three
Here are some of the key talking points and debates from the third and final day of PrivSec Global.
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Two great GRC World Forums events in one week
This week, GRC World Forums will kick off Tuesday 23rd March with the first day of two live and on-demand digital experiences.
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One Year on from the Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Just one year after news broke of the shocking relationship between Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, the scandal has lost none of its relevance in terms of how organisations worldwide handle data on consumers and employees.
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FinCrime Job Focus: Jane Jee, chief executive, Kompli-Global
In our latest reader-submitted Q&A Jane Jee argues that technology can make a significant difference in the fight against financial crime
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British MPs warn UK-Japan trade deal has “profound implications for privacy”
A group of cross-party MPs say the UK-Japan trade deal has “profound implications for privacy and for international trade” and urges the government to provide more information before the Agreement is assented on or before December 7.
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European Commission proposes new rules on data governance
The European Commission has published proposals for new rules on data governance in a bid to enable easier data-sharing between sectors and member states.
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German court slashes ‘unreasonably high’ GDPR fine by 90%
A €9.55m fine for a telecommunications service provider for breaching GDPR has been reduced to just €900,000 by a German appeals court.
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Social housing provider Flagship Group suffers REvil ransomware attack
A provider of social housing based in the UK has suffered a ransomware attack by prolific phishing strain Sodinokibi, otherwise known as REvil.
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ICO clarifies GDPR Subject Access Request time limit pause in updated guidance
The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK has updated its guidance on the right to access, including clarifying the circumstances in which the one-month time limit clock can be paused.
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ICO probes complaints following allegations Wagamama used Covid-19 track and trace data to survey customers
Wagamama customers in the UK have allegedly been sent a survey after sharing contact details for Covid-19 contact tracing, The Times reports.
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Bharti Airtel blames controversial privacy policy wording on a ‘clerical error’
Indian telecommunications company Bharti Airtel says a clerical error led to a discrepancy in its privacy policy, which stated the company shared personal information including genetic data with third parties.
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20 arrested across Europe in ‘unprecedented’ international operation against laundering network
Law enforcement authorities from 16 different countries have disrupted the QQAAZZ money laundering network, carrying out 40 house searches and arresting 20 suspected members of the group.
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Police confirm sex crime victims’ data leaked by Greater Manchester Police in test gone wrong
Highly sensitive data including the names and addresses of thousands of victims was accidentally leaked by Greater Manchester Police (GMP), police confirm.
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Belgian DPA asks EU court for permission to take regulatory action against Facebook
The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) will be appearing at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxemburg today in a bid to gain regulatory action against Facebook.
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Human error reveals personal data of 18,000 Welsh Covid-19 sufferers
Public Health Wales yesterday announced a data breach involving the personally identifiable data of 18,105 people resident in Wales who had received a positive test for Covid-19.
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Facebook launches legal action against IDPC over proposed halt to EU-US data transfers
Facebook has begun legal action against the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC).
