Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Privacy Regulator in UK Cautions Organizations to Conduct Thorough Due Diligence Hotel giant Marriott has been hit with the second largest privacy fine in British history, after it failed to contain a massive, long-running data breach. s privacy watchdog, owing in part to COVID-19's ongoing impact. But the final fine of $23.8

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 28, 2024

Scientists at NTT Research are working on an advanced type of cryptography that enables businesses to perform aggregate data analysis on user data — without infringing upon individual privacy rights. Rising data privacy regulations underscores the need for such a capability, Boyle told me.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Final Fines Set Precedent, Avoid Court Cases, Likely Reflect EU Penalty Benchmarks Large, recently levied privacy fines against the likes of British Airways, H&M and Marriott show regulators continuing to bring the EU's General Data Protection Regulation to bear after businesses get breached.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 8, 2023

Civil Society and Tech Firms Warn Aginst Modifying the European Privacy Law The British government is proposing modifications to the European privacy law adopted as British law before leaving European Union. GDPR could lead to more surveillance. Civil society groups warn changes to the U.K.

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IBM Big Data Hub

JANUARY 22, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union (EU) law that governs how organizations collect and use personal data. Any company operating in the EU or handling EU residents’ data must adhere to GDPR requirements. However, GDPR compliance is not necessarily a straightforward matter.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 16, 2021

Data Protection Commission Sees Likely Violations in Wake of Latest Mega-Breach Ireland's privacy regulator has launched an investigation into Facebook after personal information for 533 million of the social network's users appeared for sale online.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 1, 2023

codification of European privacy law despite objections from privacy advocates and concerns about the legislation's impact on European trade. Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Heads to the House of Lords British Conservative lawmakers are pushing ahead with legislation modifying the U.K.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 19, 2021

But Across Europe, Total Fines and Breach Reports Continue to Vary Widely by Country Privacy watchdogs in Europe have imposed fines totaling more than $330 million since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect in May 2018, according to law firm DLA Piper.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 24, 2020

While Breach Notification Rules Still Apply, Expect Lower Fines As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Britain's privacy watchdog has signaled that although privacy rights and transparency - as enshrined under GDPR - remain paramount, it will take a more "flexible" regulatory approach.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Million Fine for French Supermarket Giant Carrefour for Alleged GDPR Violations France's privacy regulator has hit retail giant Carrefour with a $3.7 million fine for violating privacy laws, including GDPR.

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IBM Big Data Hub

APRIL 24, 2024

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 10, 2023

Parliament considering modifications to national privacy law heard assurances Wednesday that the European Union will go along with them. GDPR retains all the rights of the European citizens," said John Edwards, U.K. Tory Government Presses Ahead with Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Members of the U.K.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 24, 2024

Law professor Dan Solove has a new article on privacy regulation. In his email to me, he writes: “I’ve been pondering privacy consent for more than a decade, and I think I finally made a breakthrough with this article.” ” His mini-abstract: In this Article I argue that most of the time, privacy consent is fictitious.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 12, 2020

Sweden's Privacy Watchdog Hits Company With $8 Million Penalty Google will appeal the latest GDPR fine levied against the company. The Swedish Data Protection Authority fined the company nearly $8 million for failure to remove search results related to "right-to-be-forgotten" requests.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 23, 2020

Largest Penalty Levied So Far Under EU's Privacy Regulation France's top court has upheld a $56 million fine against Google for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation with its advertising personalization model that lacked adequate user consent measures. The fine is the biggest yet for a GDPR privacy policy violation.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 22, 2020

Largest Penalty Levied So Far Under EU's Privacy Regulation France's top court has upheld a $56 million fine against Google for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation with its advertising personalization model that lacked adequate user consent measures. The fine is the biggest yet for a GDPR privacy policy violation.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 2, 2021

Dutch Authorities Found Company Waited Over 20 Days to Issue Breach Notification The 475,000 euro fine levied against Booking.com by Dutch privacy authorities should serve as a "wake-up call" for other companies when it comes to GDPR, some experts say.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 8, 2018

Focus on Continuous Compliance and Breach Response, Experts Say One day, organizations may be able to self-certify their GDPR compliance, says an official at the U.K.'s s data privacy regulator.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Penalty Marks First Time US Tech Firm Penalized Under EU's Privacy Regulation For the first time, a U.S. Ireland's Data Protection Commission Tuesday hit social media giant Twitter with a $547,000 fine for failing to report and document a data breach within 72 hours, as required under GDPR.

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IBM Big Data Hub

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the European Union’s landmark data privacy law, took effect in 2018. Even the world’s biggest businesses are not free from GDPR woes. Many businesses find it hard to implement GDPR requirements because the law is not only complex but also leaves a lot up to discretion.

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Data Matters

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The post New EU FIDA Proposal: How Does This Affect GDPR? appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog. FIDA will create a legislative framework that aims to "bring payments and the wider financial sector into the digital age" by facilitating the sharing of and access to customer financial data (whether of businesses or consumers).

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Data Protector

SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Early train from Euston, just a croissant and two teas Didn't get to eat last night Who today will I see pleading on their knees Liz, I had a dreadful fright I've breached the GDPR You don't know how lucky you are, boys Breaching the GDPR Been away so long I barely know the place BC, it's good to be back home Don't make me pack my case Honey disconnect (..)

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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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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Includes New Breach Notification Requirements, Fines and Greater Regulatory Powers New Zealand's refreshed Privacy Act, which came into effect Tuesday, introduces breach notification requirements and civil penalties. But the law doesn't impose financial penalties as severe as the EU's GDPR.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 4, 2024

This is my interview with TRT International on the Meta dispute with EU consumer groups, which are calling on the bloc to sanction the company EU consumer groups are calling on the bloc to sanction the company Meta – which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp – for allegedly breaching privacy rules.

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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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Data Breach Today

MAY 16, 2019

$63 Million in Fines Imposed Since Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect European privacy authorities have received nearly 65,000 data breach notifications since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect in May 2018. Privacy regulators have also imposed at least $63 million in GDPR fines.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 5, 2024

After becoming aware of the fact that a report concerning himself had been prepared, an employee of MDK sought compensation under Article 82 of the GDPR. of the GDPR (which provides that processing based on Article 9.2 (h) of the GDPR (which provides that processing based on Article 9.2 (h) Read the judgement.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Fine Tied to Data Scrapping Incident Revealed in 2021 Facebook will pay a 265 million euro fine to the Irish data protection authority to resolve a 2021 incident when the scrapped data of 533 million users appeared online. The data contained names, phone numbers and birth dates. Facebook says it takes active measures against data scrapping.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 25, 2018

Rather Than Honor Europeans' Data Privacy Rights, Some Organizations Exit EU To judge by the flood of GDPR-themed email hitting inboxes, Europe's privacy law has been designed to ensure that you say "yes" to companies that monetize the buying and selling of your personal details, regardless of whether you remember ever having done business with them (..)

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2023

As the world becomes more digital and connected, it is no surprise that data privacy and security is a growing concern for small to medium sized businesses — SMBs. Related: GDPR sets new course for data privacy. Let’s look at some of the challenges faced by SMBs in today’s data privacy landscape.

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Data Breach Today

MARCH 22, 2019

Brian Honan of BH Consulting on When to Notify - or Not Since the EU's new GDPR privacy law came into effect in May 2018, one challenge for organizations that suffer a breach is knowing whether or not they must report it to authorities, says Brian Honan, president and CEO of BH Consulting in Dublin.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 29, 2019

After Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect, Data Security Complaints Doubled One year after Europe's tough new GDPR privacy law went into full effect last May, authorities in Britain have seen the number of annual data breach notifications more than quadruple.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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Data Breach Today

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Ireland, France, Germany and UK Report Increases Since Privacy Law Took Effect The number of data breach reports filed since the EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect has hit nearly 3,500 in Ireland, over 4,600 in Germany, 6,000 in France and 8,000 in the U.K.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 22, 2023

French Regulator Fines Criteo for Website Cookie Tracking Tools The top French privacy regulator has imposed a fine of 40 million euros against a Parisian advertising technology company for its use of website tracking cookies and failure to process users' personal data in compliance with privacy laws under the General Data Protection Regulation.

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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 team will review your suppliers’ privacy notices and other supporting information. Monday’s €1.2

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