Data Protection & Privacy – Page 49
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NewsAir India sued following data breach of 4.5m passengers
An Air India customer has filed a lawsuit for damages against the company following the leak of 4.5m passengers’ personal data earlier this year.
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NewsPutin signs law forcing Twitter, Facebook to open offices in Russia
In the latest move to exert greater control over Big Tech, Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new piece of legislation that requires foreign social media giants to open offices in Russia.
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NewsWolfsen to continue as Dutch DPA chairman
The Dutch government has re-appointed Aleid Wolfsen as head of the country’s Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens – AP) for five years beginning 1 August.
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NewsGerman DPA tells government organisation to shut Facebook pages
The German data protection commissioner has given German government organisations until the end of the year to shut down their Facebook pages.
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NewsData for 700M LinkedIn users for sale
Just two months after LinkedIn was the subject of a government probe after data on 500 million of its users was scraped and published online, a new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared.
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WebinarData Retention: The Achilles Heel of Global Privacy
Consumers around the world are demanding more protection for their personal information. Data breaches are daily occurrences, and the scope of privacy has widened to include how your organization limits the risk of improper use or exposure of personal data.
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WebinarGRC in 2021 - Demonstrate Value Fast with your Program
Today’s distributed, dynamic, and disrupted business has to navigate the velocity of risks which demands agility, resilience, and integrity.
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NewsNPC announces bill to amend Philippines privacy law
The admendments to the Data Privacy Act of 2012 (DPA) sought to strengthen the current law amid the digital transformation in the Philippines.
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NewsItaly’s DPA fines energy company 3 million euros
The Garante has fined energy company Iren Mercato 3 million euros over EU General Data Protection Regulation violations related to unlawful data processing in its telemarketing.
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News1 in 5 children’s Google Play apps violate COPPA
New research by Comparitech has revealed that 1 in 5 children’s apps of the 500 most popular children’s applications, available on the Google Play Store, breach Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) rules.
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NewsInformation Commissioner’s Opinion addresses facial recognition privacy concerns
The UK Information Commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has published a Commissioner’s Opinion on the use of live facial recognition (LFR) in public places by private companies and public organisations.
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NewsOutgoing DPO speaks of digitisation’s acceptance
The increasing use of data these days is taken for granted by people partly out of habit, according to Johannes Caspar, who has stepped down after 12 years as Hamburg’s data protection officer.
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VideoWhat Do The New Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) Mean for Data Transfers Post-Schrems II?
The European Commission has adopted a newly updated version of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs), which are the most commonly used legal mechanisms for transferring personal data and international companies rely upon this hugely.
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VideoThird Party Risk Management: Regulatory Developments and the Impact on Vendor Risk Management (VRM)
Covid-19 has led to Enterprise organizations increasing their focus on Third Party Risk Management. But global regulatory developments have also had an effect upon companies challenges to do enough due-diligence to identify vendor risks.
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VideoWeb, Mobile, OTT & CTV: How to Make Consent & Privacy an Asset, Not a Hurdle
It’s no secret that we’re living in multi-device world. Never before have we been able to watch, listen to, download, and read the content we want, on the devices we own. At the same time, consumers are extremely conscious about their privacy and digital footprint.
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VideoKeynote: Max Schrems
Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems is best known as the man who held Facebook to account for its treatment of EU users’ personal data—and brought down two transatlantic privacy frameworks in the process.
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VideoHow Do Data Protection Regulations Apply to AI and is GDPR Ready for Facial Recognition?
This panel will explore the relationship between Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Data Protection Regulations, as well as discussing some of the most important points in relation to GDPR and Facial Recognition.
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VideoWhy Do Cars Need Brakes? Questioning the Need for Regulation
A car needs brakes to enable it to go faster! The same analogy can be applied to the need for regulation, for as technology grows, gains speed, and pushes envelopes, regulation acts as the brakes enabling this exciting expansion.
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VideoDivergence in GDPR and the Financial Services Industry
The patchwork nature of data protection regulations across the world creates a particular challenge for financial services firms operating overseas.
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VideoWill the EU AI Regulation protect fundamental rights?
The European Commission says it designed its proposed AI Regulation to protect Europeans from AI-driven harms.
