All EMEA articles – Page 7
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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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NewsEU grants UK data adequacy status
The European Commission (EC) has formally signed off on data adequacy for the UK, allowing the flow of personal data between the European Union and the UK.
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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.
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AnalysisTackling Europe’s underground laundering networks
Burkhard Mühl is the head of Europol’s new European Financial & Economic Crime Centre and a speaker at FinCrime World Forum in June. Weeks after an influential Europol report shed light on the complexity and scale of laundering in Europe, he tells GRC World Forums of his plans to step up the fight against financial crime.
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NewsFCA goes real-time to warn about online fraud
Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) sweeps the internet several times a day to check for online scams and then issue warnings within 24 hours, an official of the financial regulator told a Parliamentary committee.
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NewsUK government want start ups to secure networks
Tech startups will have the chance to join the UK’s cyber security experts in the mission to keep the country safe online due to a new initiative.
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NewsUK immigration exemption in Data Protection Act deemed unlawful
The UK Court of Appeal has ruled the government’s “immigration exemption” in the Data Protection Act 2018 as unlawful.
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NewsNorway’s DPA opposes air passenger monitoring as suggested
Datatilsynet, the data protection authority in Norway, has voiced an opinion against a proposal from the ministry of justice and emergency preparedness to store air passenger information for five years. The DPA regards that as too long.
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NewsUK financial watchdog extends AML registration deadline
Partly because of a lack of take up, Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is extending the end date of its temporary registrations regime for existing crypto asset businesses to 31 March next year from 9 July.
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Newsnoyb issues over 500 GDPR complaints
With the aim to end “cookie banner terror”, privacy group noyb has issued 500 draft complaints to companies who use unlawful cookie banners.
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NewsOslo fined for publishing sensitive documents
The city council in Oslo has been ordered to pay NOK400,000 ($48,000, €39,300) by the country’s DPA (Datatilsynet) for making publicly available an individual’s personal information.
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NewsSecurity leaders more concerned about data breach litigation
Nine out of 10 security leaders are more concerned about the threat of legal action than receiving regulatory fines, according to new research.
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NewsGermany adopts new data protection and privacy law
For the first time, the legislator has implemented the E-privacy directive requirements on cookies.
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WebinarGDPR 3 Years On
Three years on from the entry into force of the GDPR and the privacy landscape is still as complex as ever. The past 12 months have continued to be wrought with action and a heightened sense of privacy awareness.
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NewsGDPR passes ‘pandemic test’ – CNIL
The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) withstood the challenge of the coronavirus crisis by being sufficiently flexible during the pandemic, says Marie-Laure Denis, president of French data watchdog CNIL.