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Processing of riders’ personal data ? The Italian Data Protection Authority sanctions a food delivery company

Privacy and Cybersecurity Law

On July 5, 2021, the Italian supervisory authority (“ Garante ”) published an injunction against a company operating a food delivery app (“ Company ”) over the processing of riders’ personal data with respect to the use of algorithms for the management of the orders. Retention period. The need for a DPIA.

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Catches of the Month: Phishing Scams for July 2022

IT Governance

Welcome to our July 2022 review of phishing attacks, in which we explore the latest email scams and the tactics that cyber criminals use to trick people into handing over their personal data. The next most frequent targets were software-as-a-service and webmail providers (20.5%) and e-commerce sites and retail stores (14.6%).

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in March 2021 – 21 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Don’t be fooled by the fact that we only recorded 20,995,371 breached records in March; it was one of the leakiest months we’ve ever seen, with 151 recorded incidents. By comparison, there was a seemingly Lilliputian 82 recorded breaches in January and 118 in February.

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This Is How Walmart Beats Amazon

John Battelle's Searchblog

She’s not expecting any deliveries from Amazon, usually the source of such interruptions. Why on earth would Walmart be sending her a special delivery gift box? Strange how the world’s biggest retailer, a place she’s never shopped, seems to know her brand preferences for skin care and chocolate. “Great.

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Public cloud vs. private cloud vs. hybrid cloud: What’s the difference?

IBM Big Data Hub

There would be no e-commerce, remote work capabilities or the IT infrastructure framework needed to support emerging technologies like generative AI and quantum computing. These tools reduce the need for human intervention and make self-service resource delivery possible.

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