All EMEA articles – Page 19
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NewsUK government announces new verification powers for Companies House in AML plan
The UK’s official company register will be required to verify company directors’ identities before they can be appointed, under plans announced by the government.
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NewsCyber attack linked to death of woman at hacked German hospital
A woman has died in Germany after a cyber attack at the Düsseldorf University Clinic (DUC) caused her to be turned away for emergency medical treatment at the hospital earlier in September.
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ArticleHuman 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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Article4,500 successful daily cyber attacks on UK SMEs
An estimated 65,000 attacks are carried out on UK SMEs every day resulting in 4,500 breaches, a report has highlighted.
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FeatureUK Data Protection Index: first findings published
Data protection professionals are calling out for more investment for internal resources, software systems and staff training, but only a quarter expect their budget to increase in the next 12 months, according to the findings of the first UK Data Protection Index.
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ebookManaging data as an asset and a risk
How to extract value, deliver on privacy and manage the complexity of data.
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ResearchCharting the UK Data Protection Profession: August 2020 Report
Data Protection World Forum and the DPO Centre are announcing the findings of the first UK Data Protection Index – a quarterly survey of a panel of UK data protection and privacy professionals.
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ebookData Protection Compliance in the UK
How to get your company prepared for 2021 GDPR changes and beyond.
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VideoData Protection Index: The voice of the UK Profession
This month Data Protection World Forum and DPO Centre launched the Data Protection Index, a unique survey of senior UK data protection and privacy professionals from across the public and private sector.
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VideoGDPR Refresh: It’s All About Consent
Hosted by: Helen Woollett (DPO, Body Shop) Jill Baehring (Commercial Quality and Oversight Privacy Lead, Pfizer- Germany) Vickie Guilloit (Partner, Privacy Culture) Jehanne Zkhiri (Compliance Specialist, Didomi) Video: GDPR Refresh: It’s All About Consent
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VideoSchrems II: Max Schrems in Conversation with Vickie Guilloit
Austrian Lawyer and Privacy Activist Max Schrems was part of one of the most important international privacy cases in recent history. His case (Schrems I) resulted in the Court of Justice of the European Union to invalidate the Safe Harbor arrangement which governs data transfers between the EU and the US.
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NewsSchrems II: court upholds supremacy of GDPR but demolishes EU-US Privacy Shield
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) today (July 16) ruled companies moving personal data from the EU to other jurisdictions will have to provide the same level of protection given by the GDPR.
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VideoThe Most Common GDPR Violations
In the two years since GDPR came into force, we have seen several high profile fines from data protection authorities across Europe.
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FeatureGDPR in a post-Brexit world
A new transition period has begun in which the UK has until the end of December 2020 to negotiate a new relationship with the EU.
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FeatureWhat is the true cost of handling DSARs?
The Data Subject Access Request (DSAR) has become synonymous with protecting individuals’ data privacy rights from misuse by public administrators and private enterprise.
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FeatureRethinking ‘Disproportionate Effort’ exemption under GDPR for web-scraping
Can Data Controllers (web-scrapers) be exempt from the requirement to provide privacy notice if doing this is high-cost and it drains company resources? If they can, how?
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FeatureGDPR 2 Years In: Achieving GDPR Compliance 2 Years On
“Data is the new oil”, is a phrase we hear too often in the modern world. Organisations across the world are transacting and storing explosive amounts of data. This data includes sensitive private data belonging to their customers.
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VideoEDPS Response to Covid-19 and Data Privacy and Surveillance
Video: Fireside Chat EDPS Response to Covid19 and Data Privacy and Surveillance
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FeaturePrivacy Landscape in the Middle East
Privacy landscape in the Middle East has been flourishing in the last ten years with privacy laws and regulations emerging across the region.
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FeatureGDPR: Processing of employees health data within companies
This paper deals with how to solve data protection challenges and privacy approaches, since many companies are currently facing the question of how to deal with the personal health data of their employees.