All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 27
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NewsYoutube faces £2bn UK court battle over alleged children’s privacy breach
YouTube is facing a legal battle over claims it is breaching millions of young people’s privacy and data rights.
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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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ArticleFacebook launches legal action against IDPC over proposed halt to EU-US data transfers
Facebook has begun legal action against the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC).
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WebinarData Privacy by Design for the Insurance Sector
Insurance is a heavily regulated sector that deals with large amounts of sensitive customer information as a core component of the business.
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WebinarCoping with Turbulence: Managing Cross-Border Data Transfers
There’s now more pressure than ever for managing data flows across jurisdictions, governing third party data sharing and enforcing data residency requirements.
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WebinarSuccessfully Managing Data Processors to Comply with GDPR
There are several considerations that need addressing beforeyou decide which data processors offer the most appropriate services for yourorganisation’s needs.
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NewsBrazilian Senate throws out delay to new data protection law
In a surprise move, the Brazilian Senate on Wednesday rolled back a planned Presidential postponement of Brazil’s new data protection law, originally scheduled to become effective on August 14 2020, but which had been delayed until May 2021, law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth reports in The National Law Review.
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NewsTikTok fights US ban in federal court challenge
Tiktok has gone to court to challenge Donald Trump’s executive order banning US transactions with its owner.
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NewsICO still probing GDPR concerns despite UK exam results U-turn
The Information Commissioner’s Office in the UK confirmed today its enquiries into data protection issues are ongoing following examinations body Ofqual’s use of a controversial algorithm for A-level exam grades.
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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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NewsTrump bans Chinese apps WeChat and TikTok over data collection and national security concerns
The Trump administration targeted WeChat and TikTok on Thursday by announcing executive orders banning US transactions with Chinese owners Tencent Holdings Ltd and ByteDance, Reuters has reported.
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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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ArticleDanish hotel group fined for failing to delete customers’ details
The Arp-Hansen Hotel Group in Denmark has been fined 1.1m Danish crowns (US$170,000, €148,000) and referred to the police by the country’s data protection authority (Datatilsynet) for storing information on clients longer than necessary.
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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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NewsFacebook sues EU over ‘exceptionally broad’ data requests in competition investigations
Facebook is taking EU competition authorities to court over data requests in two ongoing European Commission investigations into the company which, Facebook contends, are excessive.
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VideoWhy isn’t There a Data Privacy Federal Law Already?
Hosted by: Daniel Castro (Director, Center for Data Innovation), James A. Trilling (Division of Privacy and Identity Protection, Federal Trade Commission), Jasmine McNealy (Associate Professor – Department of Telecommunication, University of Florida), Erinn D. Martin (Policy Counsel, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law) ...
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VideoSchrems II: Experts React to Max Schrems vs Facebook Decision
The decision by The Court of Justice of the European Union on 16 July marks a landmark case on the future of international data flows.
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VideoThe Global Controversy about Facial Recognition Technology
Advances in facial recognition technology (FRT) has resulted in a massive expansion of both its use by law enforcement and private companies to identify people in public spaces. However, critics have been calling for strict controls or outright bans on the technology for years as it has serious data privacy concerns about mass surveillance.
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VideoHow the UK Parliament is Combatting Online Attacks on Elections
Hosted by: Lord Holmes of Richmond (Member of Select Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies), Joe Tidy (Cyber Correspondent, BBC News) Video: Protecting Democracy: How the UK Parliament is Combatting Online Attacks on Elections
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BlogFour steps to staying CCPA compliant
When GDPR rolled out on May 25, 2018, the fines were so high that many companies questioned if they would even be enforced. It wasn’t until this last year when The Information Commissioner’s Office fined British Airways $230M as a result of its 2018 data breach that organisations realised these fines were taken very seriously. But the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was put in effect on January 1, 2020, raised a new standard for consumer privacy rights at the U.S. state level and this time, the fines are being taken seriously starting day one.
