Security Affairs

AUGUST 18, 2021

The German state’s data protection agency (DPA) warns that the use of the videoconferencing platform Zoom violates the European Union’s GDPR. The DPA is concerned by the transfer of user data to the U.S. The DPA is concerned by the transfer of user data to the U.S. for processing. ” states Yahoo News.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 24, 2019

Cisco is out with findings from its 2019 Data Privacy Benchmark Study, which shows the impact of GDPR compliance as well as how customers are asking more questions about how their data is secured. Cisco Chief Privacy Officer Michelle Dennedy analyzes the survey.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 5, 2021

The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million over data sharing transparency for European Union users’ data with Facebook. The Irish Data Protection Commission has fined WhatsApp €225 million for the lack of transparency on how it shares European Union users’ data with Facebook companies.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Legal Experts Suspect So, But Investigation Could Take a Year or More Will Marriott be the first organization that lost control of Europeans' personal data to feel the full force of the EU's General Protection Regulation? With GDPR in full effect since May, organizations with data security practices face the potential of massive fines.

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IT Governance

MAY 25, 2023

billion fine for Meta – by far the biggest fine issued under the GDPR since it took effect five years ago – has been taken by many as a sign that the Regulation is at last beginning to be enforced with sufficient vigour. Our EU–US Data Transfer Assessment and Action Plan will help you ensure you stay on the right side of the law.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

An online retailer always gets users’ explicit consent before sharing customer data with its partners. A navigation app anonymizes activity data before analyzing it for travel trends. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today. The user can accept or reject each use of their data individually.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 6, 2022

Powers Remove GDPR Restrictions; Independent Authority Will Oversee Use The European Parliament has granted Europol permission to receive and process datasets from private parties and pursue research projects for better handling of security-related cases.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 21, 2018

The enactment of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a significant milestone for virtually every international business. The following overview touches on some of the most critical elements that are required for GDPR compliance. Encryption for Data in Transit and at Rest.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Video Streamer Pays 800,000 Euros to Settle Probe of Privacy and Security Practices The French data protection authority fined Discord 800,000 euros for privacy and security practices that violate the General Data Protection Regulation.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 22, 2021

But in order for businesses to maintain compliance with major privacy laws , they have to have security measures in place before an attack. The regulations from GDPR, PIPL, and CCPA are especially prevalent to MSPs and software vendors because they get access to data from so many organizations, but all businesses need to comply with them.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 12, 2019

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the significance of fines against British Airways and Marriott for violations of the EU's GDPR. Also featured are discussions of California's privacy law as a model for other states and the next generation of deception technologies.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Natsionalna agentsia za prihodite (C‑340/21), in which it clarified, among other things, the concept of non-material damage under Article 82 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the rules governing burden of proof under the GDPR. Read the judgement.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

OCTOBER 13, 2020

One of the many open questions of data protection law in Europe is how compensation for “non-material damage” will be calculated. The decision is in line with the majority of similar restrictive interpretations of Article 82(1) GDPR by other German courts, requiring evidence of objective harm. Background: another open legal question.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) fined Meta’s WhatsApp €5.5 million for violating data protection laws. by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). million (for breaches of the GDPR relating to its service).”

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Security Affairs

MARCH 16, 2024

Unemployment agency France Travail (Pôle Emploi) recently suffered a data breach that could impact 43 million people. On August 2023, the French government employment agency Pôle emploi suffered a data breach and notified 10 million individuals impacted by the security breach. reads the press release published by the agency.

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HL Chronicle of Data Protection

JULY 7, 2020

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) issued a EUR 830,000 (approximately USD 937,000) fine against the Dutch Credit Registration Bureau (BKR) for violating data subject rights. The fine stems from BKR’s practice of charging fees and discouraging individuals who wanted to access their personal data.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 10, 2019

Privacy Regulator's Clear Security Message: Act Now to Avoid 'Disappointment' The data protection gloves have finally come off in Europe after GDPR enforcement began last May - the U.K.'s Consider the tables now turned on firms that fail to properly safeguard personal data.

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IT Governance

MARCH 6, 2019

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) isn’t only about preventing data breaches (it’s equally focused on strengthening data subjects’ rights), but organisations have understandably honed in on the importance of effective data protection. What the GDPR says about reducing risk. ISO 27001 and the GDPR.

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erwin

JULY 12, 2019

In light of recent, high-profile data breaches, it’s past-time we re-examined strategic data governance and its role in managing regulatory requirements. for alleged violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Given this, Oppenheimer & Co. Complexity.

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AIIM

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

You might also be interested in: The Re-Permissioning Dilemma Under GDPR. Data Privacy and Open Data: Secondary Uses under GDPR. Three Critical Steps for GDPR Compliance. Mitigate Data Privacy and Security Risks with Machine Learning. The Privacy and Security Dichotomy.

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

JANUARY 19, 2021

The third annual DLA Piper GDPR fines and data breach survey which we launched today reflects how the current circumstances have affected the privacy landscape across the 31 European countries surveyed. The report includes key GDPR metrics compiled from data from the 27 EU Member States plus the UK, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Facebook—Meta—was just fined $276 million (USD) for a data leak that included full names, birth dates, phone numbers, and location. Meta’s total fine by the Data Protection Commission is over $700 million. Total GDPR fines are over €2 billion (EUR) since 2018.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 1, 2018

Around the world, enterprises are anxious about May 25, 2018, the day enforcement begins for the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). And, with potential fines of up to four percent of global revenues or 20 million EUR (whichever is higher), the GDPR has the attention of CEOs and Boards of Directors.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 1, 2020

The Italian Data Protection Authority ( Garante per la protezione dei dati personali , “Garante”) recently announced that it levied a €600,000 fine on banking institution UniCredit for several violations of the Italian Personal Data Protection Code, in its pre-General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) form.

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IT Governance

APRIL 18, 2023

Data minimisation is a key part of information security and the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in particular. Its principles are at the heart of effective data protection practices, and are intended to prevent privacy breaches and minimise the damage when security incidents occur.

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IT Governance

JULY 2, 2020

What is the GDPR? The Regulation came into effect on 25 May 2018, and was designed to strengthen the rights of EU residents regarding the way organisations process and use their personal data. First, the UK has implemented the UK DPA (Data Protection Act) 2018 , which adopts the GDPR into national law. A quick overview.

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IT Governance

MARCH 28, 2021

In 2020, organisations received €182 million (about £155 million) in fines for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , according to an IT Governance report. Our GDPR Fines Quarterly Report revealed that more than two thirds of that total – €110 million (£94 million) – came in the final quarter of the year.

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Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

JULY 22, 2020

Two years after the GDPR entered into force, the European Commission ( EC ) issued its first evaluation of the GDPR. Individuals are increasingly aware of the GDPR and their GDPR rights. However, the right to data portability is still not used to its full potential. The GDPR’s international data transfer toolbox.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 27, 2021

On August 19, 2021, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) approved the criteria for three certification schemes, as required under Article 42(5) of the UK General Data Protection Regulation (“UK GDPR”). Certification schemes are one method for organizations to demonstrate compliance with the UK GDPR.

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IT Governance

MARCH 17, 2022

million) for twelve breaches of EU data protection rules. The tech giant, formerly known as Facebook, violated several GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) requirements, and more than 30 million people have been affected. Facebook’s failure to adopt these measures doesn’t necessarily mean that personal data was breached.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Securing the Cloud Frontier: Navigating the Complexities of SaaS Data Protection in the Multi-Cloud Era madhav Thu, 12/07/2023 - 05:34 In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, Software as a Service (SaaS) has emerged as a cornerstone of modern business operations. cloud platforms and 97 SaaS applications.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 18, 2021

German data regulator LfD announced a €10.4M fine under GDPR against the online laptop and electronic goods retailer NBB for video-monitoring employees. The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony announced a €10.4 The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony announced a €10.4

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Data controllers and data processors are an integral part of the GDPR. The terms ‘data controller’ and ‘data processor’ have been around for years, but it’s only since the EU GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect that they’ve been scrutinised. Responsibilities of the data controller.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 30, 2024

Italian data protection authority regulator authority Garante said that ChatGPT violated European Union data privacy regulations. In early April 2023, the Italian Data Protection Authority temporarily banned ChatGPT due to the illegal collection of personal data and the absence of systems for verifying the age of minors.

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IT Governance

APRIL 10, 2019

On 25 May 2018, the EU’s GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) superseded the UK’s DPA (Data Protection Act) 1998. With the Regulation expanding the definition of personal data, many organisations were uncertain as to what the new definition includes. The scope of personal data. What constitutes personal data?

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DLA Piper Privacy Matters

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Wuerttemberg (LfDI) was the first German data protection authority to impose a fine under the GDPR. 32 (1) (a) GDPR (obligation to pseudonymise and encrypt personal data). 83 (4) (a) GDPR). 83 (4) (a) GDPR).

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

We have good news for those looking for help complying with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) : new guidance has been released on how to create effective data privacy controls. ISO 27701 and ISO 27001: privacy vs security. The same is true if an unauthorised employee or cyber criminal gets hold of the data.

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