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NewsThousands set to attend four-day PrivSec Global 2020 virtual event
The event offers exclusive four days of content from data protection, privacy and security leaders from across the globe, bringing together 10,000 professionals.
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Plan to scrap Mexico data protection body blow for human rights, say campaigners
Proposals by Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to eliminate the National Institute for Transparency and Access to Information and Data Protection (INAI) would be a major setback for human rights in the country, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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Philippines strengthens AML and CTF law to meet FATF deadline
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte signed a new law to boost the country’s anti money laundering and counter terrorist financing efforts ahead of a key deadline from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
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Australian government ordered to compensate asylum seekers for privacy breaches
The Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner in Australia, Angelene Falk, has found the Department of Home Affairs interfered with the privacy of 9,251 asylum seekers by mistakenly releasing their personal information
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Epsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters
Marketing company Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the United States’ Department of Justice (DoJ) to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to perpetrators of fraud schemes who were targeting older people.
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Australia’s securities regulator hit by data leak
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) says a server it was using to handle recent credit licence applications was breached by a hacker.
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Head of German financial regulator leaves post over Wirecard scandal
Felix Hufeld, the President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), will leave his post as part of a reorganisation of the German regulator following the Wirecard scandal.
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Danish DPA probes Medicals Nordic’s handling of Covid-19 test results
Danish Data Protection Agency Datatilsynet has launched an investigation into Medicals Nordic’s now-ended use of a WhatsApp group for staff to deal with information about people who have tested positive for coronavirus.
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Facebook to give academics access to political advertising data
Social network provider Facebook will open up targeting information for more than 1.3m social issue, electoral and political ads to researchers from 1 February. Privacy will be protected, says product manager Sarah Clark Schiff.
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Cryptocurrency crime drops overall but ‘DeFi’ thefts rise, report reveals
Decentralised finance (DeFi) is the “next major threat vector for fraud and money laundering”, accounting for half of crypto thefts in 2020, according to a new report.
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‘World’s most dangerous botnet’ used to infiltrate millions of machines taken down in international operation
A malware botnet that was used by cybercriminals to infiltrate thousands of companies and millions of computers worldwide has been taken down in an international operation.
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Top 10 articles, ebooks and webinars from the last year in privacy
As part of our Data Privacy Day coverage, we’ve compiled our most popular content from the last year into the following Top 10 lists. Top 10 Articles 1. Almost half of WhatsApp usage breaches legal terms Read article 2. Hundreds of thousands of credit card ...
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Official warns of ‘disturbing’ amount of Russian money laundering in London
A senior UK official has warned about the “disturbing” prevalence of Russian money laundering in London, and said is too easy to set up companies in the United Kingdom.
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AUSTRAC consults on AML/CFT rule changes as part of regulatory overhaul
AUSTRAC has opened a consultation on proposed changes to its anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) rules as it seeks to strengthen its approach.
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Norway’s DPA proposes €9.65m fine for Grindr dating app
Norway’s data protection authority has notified gay dating app Grindr that it intends to impose a financial penalty of NOK100 M ($11.7m, €9.65m) on the company for breaching consent requirements under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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Landmark privacy employee research project unveiled on Data Privacy Day
A unique global research project to track privacy employee culture, attitudes and behaviour has been unveiled today to mark Data Privacy Day.
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ICO resumes real-time bidding and adtech probe
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK has restarted its investigation into real-time bidding (RTB) and the adtech industry, paused last May so the authority could prioritise activities related to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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RUSI argues for national security response to tackle fraud ‘epidemic’
A UK thinktank has called for fraud to be considered a ’national security priority’ backed by a new public-private strategy.
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Marriott wins US data hack lawsuit
A US district court judge has dismissed a case against Marriott following a cybersecurity breach affecting around 5.2 million of the luxury hotel chain’s customers
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GDPR and CCPA: where the differences lie
California’s Consumer Protection Act in many ways looks like the General Data Protection Regulation, but there are some significant differences. Darren Wray provides a handy guide to understanding how the two pieces of legislation differ from each other.
