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NewsFrance issues warning after breach of visa-application website
The personal data of applicants for a French tourist visa has been stolen in a cyber-attack. Almost 9,000 people are reportedly affected.
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NewsIreland’s credit unions seek central bank guarantees following data leak
The Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU) is asking the central bank to assure it can protect personal data of people who have to register with it following disclosure of information to a third party.
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AnalysisThe Next UK Information Commissioner: What We Learned From the Pre-Appointment Committee
On Thursday, 9 September, the UK government’s preferred candidate for the next Information Commissioner, John Edwards, appeared before the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee for a pre-appointment hearing.
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NewsICO to call on G7 countries to tackle cookie pop-ups challenge
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) will call on fellow G7 data protection and privacy authorities to work together to overhaul cookie consent pop-ups.
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NewsGermany mulls easing privacy rights in coronavirus fight
The German government is looking into temporarily relaxing data privacy rules to allow companies to find out if employees are inoculated against Covid-19.
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NewsIrish DPA fines WhatsApp €225m
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has ordered WhatsApp to pay €225m ($266m) for breaching the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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NewsCyber infrastructure seized from Irish health service attackers
Police in Ireland say they have taken control of servers, websites and domain names used by the gang which hacked the country’s health service in May. The international operation has also prevented hundreds of other ransomware attacks, say police.
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AnalysisWhatsApp’s €225 Million GDPR Fine — Disagreements Over Legitimate Interests and Transparency
WhatsApp received a €225 million fine on September 2—the second biggest GDPR penalty on record.
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NewsDanish DPA vets companies’ data security
Datatilsynet, Denmark’s Data Protection Authority, is conducting a written check on 30 organisations’ information-protection systems.
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FeatureIs Zoom Illegal in the EU? Unpacking the Hamburg DPA’s Decision
First, the EU data protection authorities (DPAs) came for your newsletter (Mailchimp). Then, they came for your cloud storage provider (Cloudflare).
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NewsHamburg DPA warns council about Zoom use
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Information Freedom has officially warned the city’s senate chancellery about using the on-demand version of Zoom video-conferencing.
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NewsDeliveroo fined for privacy and transparency breaches in Italy
Italian data protection authority Garante has imposed a €2.5m ($3.0m) financial penalty on food delivery company Deliveroo for disproportionate collection of workers’ data and lack of transparency in use of algorithms.
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NewsIsle of Wight schools struck by ransomware attack
Six schools have fallen victim to a ransomware attack which is now preventing staff from accessing their systems.
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NewsICO fines nuisance call blocker company £170K
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Yes Consumer Solutions Limited (YSL) £170,000 for making unsolicited direct marketing calls to customers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
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NewsAmazon hit with record €746m GDPR fine
Luxembourg’s data protection authority CNPD has imposed a fine of €746m ($888m) on Amazon for processing personal data in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The CNPD also ordered the online retailer to revise it practices.
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ReportThe GDPR: A Report on the First Three Years of Enforcement
This report will consider some of the high-profile and noteworthy decisions taken by DPAs and courts over the GDPR’s first three years of enforcement, and consider how some key provisions of the regulation have developed. The report will also look ahead to how the EU’s data protection landscape might evolve in the coming years.
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NewsTikTok fined for violating children’s privacy
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of € 750,000 on TikTok for violating the privacy of young children.
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NewsFrench DPA issues 1.75m euro GDPR against multinational insurer
The CNIL has sanctioned the AG2R La Mondiale group for violating data retention provisions under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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NewsDanish council fined for weak data security
Datatilsynet, Denmark’s DPA, has ordered the Southern Denmark regional authority to pay DKK500,000 ($79,200, €67,200) for failing to have appropriate safeguards to protect sensitive health information. The DPA is also referring the council to the police.
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OpinionCould the Grindr Priest Story Be True? I Asked the Team Behind Grindr’s €10m GDPR Fine
Could “commercially available” location data originating from Grindr really have been used to identify an individual? I asked Finn Myrstad, who helped file a data protection complaint regarding how Grindr shares user data.
