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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 million under the GDPR against the German subsidiary of the fashion retailer H&M.

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Businesses to Assist NHS Test and Trace Efforts

Hunton Privacy

The UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, announced on June 23, 2020, that restrictions relating to COVID-19 would be eased as of July 4. Establishments and companies in the UK will therefore be responsible for the additional collection and potential sharing of customers’ personal data.

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Sustainability trends: 5 issues to watch in 2024

IBM Big Data Hub

Retailers, particularly in the fashion industry, are increasingly embracing circular business models: rental and resale programs offer opportunities for growth, while repair services offer an alternative to landfill disposal. Research expects that transitioning to a circular economy could generate USD 4.5

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CNIL Fines Two Companies of the Carrefour Group €3.05 Million for GDPR and Cookie Violations

Hunton Privacy

On November 26, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €2.25 Carrefour France and Carrefour Banque are both affiliates of the French retail group, the Carrefour Group. On November 18, 2020, the CNIL imposed a fine on each company for these infringements. Background.

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Knock, Knock; Who’s There? – IoT Device Identification & Data Integrity Is No Joke

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

billion devices will be connected to the Internet by 2020 2. They all must have unique identifiers and the ability to collect and transfer data over networks to enable monitoring, surveillance, and execution of decisions based on the collected data with little or no human intervention.

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Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020

Security Affairs

The Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2020 compiles data collected on the malicious campaigns that occurred from April to Jun, Q2, of 2020. The Portuguese Abuse Open Feed 0xSI_f33d is an open sharing database with the ability to collect indicators from multiple sources, developed and maintained by Segurança-Informática.

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UK ICO Releases Draft Direct Marketing Code of Practice for Public Consultation

Data Matters

On 8 January 2020, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office ( ICO ) published a draft Direct Marketing Code of Practice ( Draft Code ) for public consultation. a message informing a user they are approaching their monthly data limit).