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GUEST ESSAY: How ‘DPIAs” — data privacy impact assessments — can lead SMBs to compliance

The Last Watchdog

The purpose of conducting a DPIA is to identify and assess the potential impact of these risks on individuals’ rights and freedoms from your proposed processing operations. A DPIA requires a thorough review of any personal data collected and stored, including who specifically controls the data and who has access at any given time.

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Norwegian DPA Issues 2.5M EUR Preliminary Fine for U.S. Company Utilizing Web-Tracking IDs

Hunton Privacy

Disqus collected data through cookies placed on the devices of website visitors using the widget, and subsequently passed personal data collected by those cookies to third-party advertising partners and its parent company. (“Disqus”), a U.S. million Euros).

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ACLU files request over data US collected via Muslim app used by millions

The Guardian Data Protection

‘Harvesting of data on Muslim app users worldwide is a serious threat to privacy and religious freedom,’ the ACLU says The American Civil Liberties Union is seeking the release of three years of records that could shed light on how the US government acquired cellphone location data collected through apps used by millions of Muslims around the world.

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Anonymous leaked data stolen from Russian pipeline company Transneft

Security Affairs

Anonymous collective claims it has hacked Omega Company, which is the in-house R&D unit of Transneft, the Russia-based state-controlled oil pipeline company. While the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues and innocent people are dying, the Anonymous collective is targeting Russian government institutions and private firms.

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California Attorney General Reminds Health App Providers of Obligations to Protect Reproductive Health Information

Hunton Privacy

On May 26, 2022, California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued a press release reminding health app providers that California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (“CMIA”) applies to mobile apps that are designed to store medical information, which includes health apps such as fertility trackers.

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Transferring skills to a digital landscape

CILIP

Skills in a digital landscape Taking the skills learned as a librarian and applying them to digital projects has provided a space to learn and develop for Denice Penrose, Director, Technically Minded, is an Information Professional and Learning Technologist. I love the freedom, independence, and ability to shape my working life as I want.

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Germany: New 35 million fine for breaching employee privacy

Data Protection Report

On 1 October 2020, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit) of Hamburg (the DPA) imposed a fine of EUR 35.3 In addition, some supervisors recorded other private information such as family problems and religious beliefs.

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