All Data Protection & Privacy articles – Page 40
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ArticleOne 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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BlogBritish Airways and TalkTalk civil claims emphasise the need for data security vigilance
Following the ICO’s record fine for British Airways under the GDPR, Julian Hayes and Guevara Leacock, consider the potentially very expensive group claim civil action now being prepared.
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NewsPolitical parties violated Israel’s Privacy Protection Law
The Privacy Protection Authority (PPA) in Israel has determined Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu and tech company Elector Software broke privacy regulations in a data breach affecting about 6.5m voters.
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NewsPlan to scrap Mexico data protection body blow for human rights, say campaigners
Proposals by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to eliminate the National Institute for Transparency and Access to Information and Data Protection (INAI) would be a major setback for human rights in the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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NewsAustralian government ordered to compensate asylum seekers for privacy breaches
The Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner in Australia, Angelene Falk, has found the Department of Home Affairs interfered with the privacy of 9,251 asylum seekers by mistakenly releasing their personal information
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NewsEpsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters
Marketing company Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the United States’ Department of Justice (DoJ) to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to perpetrators of fraud schemes who were targeting older people.
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BlogData Privacy Day dawns as global privacy laws and concerns about protectionism increase (sponsored)
As citizens, businesses and governments mark the 40th anniversary of the first Data Privacy Day, the importance of safeguarding sensitive personal data during the Covid-19 pandemic is on the top of everyone’s minds, write Mike Swift and Matthew Newman
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NewsDanish DPA probes Medicals Nordic’s handling of Covid-19 test results
Danish Data Protection Agency Datatilsynet has launched an investigation into Medicals Nordic’s now-ended use of a WhatsApp group for staff to deal with information about people who have tested positive for coronavirus.
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NewsFacebook to give academics access to political advertising data
Social network provider Facebook will open up targeting information for more than 1.3m social issue, electoral and political ads to researchers from 1 February. Privacy will be protected, says product manager Sarah Clark Schiff.
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NewsTop 10 articles, ebooks and webinars from the last year in privacy
As part of our Data Privacy Day coverage, we’ve compiled our most popular content from the last year into the following Top 10 lists. Top 10 Articles 1. Almost half of WhatsApp usage breaches legal terms Read article 2. Hundreds of thousands of credit card ...
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WebinarA Day In the Life of Incident and Data Breach
Organizations across the globe have experienced incident and data breaches for the past 10 years. What has changed significantly during this time is the regulatory scrutiny, the public nature of breaches and the emerging private right of action supported by very strong privacy advocacy groups.
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NewsNorway’s DPA proposes €9.65m fine for Grindr dating app
Norway’s data protection authority has notified gay dating app Grindr that it intends to impose a financial penalty of NOK100 M ($11.7m, €9.65m) on the company for breaching consent requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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NewsLandmark privacy employee research project unveiled on Data Privacy Day
A unique global research project to track privacy employee culture, attitudes and behaviour has been unveiled today to mark Data Privacy Day.
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NewsICO resumes real-time bidding and adtech probe
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has restarted its investigation into real-time bidding (RTB) and the adtech industry, paused last May so the authority could prioritise activities related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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WebinarCan AI solve the Schrems II puzzle?
What are your options for cross border data-sharing for 2021? Alexandra Ebert, Chief Trust Officer of MOSTLY AI, a synthetic data solution startup, offers a way out of the dilemma with privacy-compliant, accurate synthetic data.
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NewsRUSI argues for national security response to tackle fraud ‘epidemic’
A UK thinktank has called for fraud to be considered a ’national security priority’ backed by a new public-private strategy.
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NewsMarriott wins US data hack lawsuit
A US district court judge has dismissed a case against Marriott following a cybersecurity breach affecting around 5.2 million of the luxury hotel chain’s customers
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NewsGDPR and CCPA: where the differences lie
California’s Consumer Protection Act in many ways looks like the General Data Protection Regulation, but there are some significant differences. Darren Wray provides a handy guide to understanding how the two pieces of legislation differ from each other.
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NewsThousands of fake Covid-19 websites and emails closed down in Canada
More than 4,000 false Canadian government websites and email addresses taking advantage of the pandemic to try to mine personal data or steal money have reportedly been removed by the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS).
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NewsAttorney Slaughter set for top FTC role
President Joe Biden has designated attorney Rebecca Kelly Slaughter as acting chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), following the resignation of chair Joseph Simons.
