The benefits and uses of mobile device management software According to the Government’s Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021, 39 percent of UK businesses experienced a cybersecurity attack last year. For business owners, this statistic is worrying — risking reputation, integrity, and ultimately commercial success. As we move towards an increasingly technology-centric working world, what should […]
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France’s watchdog agency (CNIL) ordered Facial recognition company Clearview AI to delete the personal data of its citizens, the latest in a global rebuke by privacy regulators around the world since BuzzFeed News revealed its use by law enforcement agencies around the world. CNIL said in a statement that the company had violated the European […]
The global financial sector is witnessing an ever-growing change shaping Europe’s banking infrastructure into an increasingly competitive market. Open banking proved to people how it can alter financial services to accommodate their needs; all while fostering a continuing digitalization of modern life as Fintech companies set the stage for simplified yet optimized solutions to deliver […]
Ireland’s privacy watchdog has fined WhatsApp a record 225 million euros ($267 million) after an investigation found it breached stringent European Union data protection rules on transparency about sharing people’s data with other Facebook companies. The Data Protection Commission said Thursday that it was also ordering WhatsApp to take “remedial actions” to change the way […]
Germany’s Hamburg privacy watchdog warned its government on Monday that the use of Zoom’s on-demand videoconferencing violates the EU’s privacy laws. Privacy advocates considered that the use of the U.S.-based service will lead to the transmission of EU data to the company’s hometown. “The transmission of data is said to reach the U.S., which violates […]
Luxembourg National Commission for Data Protection (CNPD) penalized on July 16 e-commerce titan Amazon with a roaring $888 million fine over allegations of violating EU’s data protection laws. The decision came against Amazon Europe Core under the pretense that Amazon is processing customer personal data. The verdict is based on a 2018 complaint by French […]
National data watchdogs will be able to pursue big tech firms even if they are not their lead regulators, the European Union’s top court has ruled. The Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ) ruling opens the way for national agencies to act against US tech companies such as Google, Twitter and Apple which […]
Risky uses of artificial intelligence that threaten people’s safety or rights such as live facial scanning should be banned or tightly controlled, European Union officials said Wednesday as they outlined an ambitious package of proposed regulations to rein in the rapidly expanding technology. The draft regulations from the EU’s executive commission include rules for applications […]
A few days following the massive Facebook data leak, LinkedIn becomes the second social networking platform hit with a data leak encompassing millions of accounts, CyberNews reported on Thursday. The leak’s huge scope was discovered by CyberNews when an individual selling the data on a hacker forum claims it was scraped from 500 million LinkedIn […]
Gay dating app Grindr faces a fine of more than $10 million from Norwegian regulators for failing to get consent from users before sharing their personal information with advertising companies, in breach of stringent European Union privacy rules. The Norwegian data privacy watchdog said Tuesday that it notified Grindr LLC of its draft decision to […]