CNIL, the French data privacy regulator, issued a 400,000 euro ($448,358) fine against a company for GDPR violations stemming from sensitive information collected on its website. Investigating a complaint, CNIL discovered that the …
Microsoft has once again run into problems with European data regulators after the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security has declared Microsoft’s mobile Office apps persona non grata for government …
Facebook’s Like button could be more hassle than its worth for European organisations navigating the minefield of GDPR legislation, following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice that website owners can be held …
The Economic Times reports that India is gearing up to seek ‘adequacy’ status with the European Union‘s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a set of privacy laws adopted by the region in …
Estate agent dodges GDPR-sized bullet after exposing 18,610 folks’ data for two years A London estate agent has been fined £80,000 for losing thousands of clients’ personal data when it …
Sorting out the complexity involved with employing a data protection representative In my previous blog, “GDPR 101: What’s a Data Protection Representative?” I provided guidance from Tim Bell, managing director …
GDPR’s biggest impact may ultimately be its effect on overarching laws to protect customer data. The story of the now-1-year-old GDPR is interesting in and of itself, but it is perhaps most …
If you collect, process, or control EU citizen data, you need a data protection representative. If you do business with EU citizens, you must comply with General Data Protection Regulations …
The coming in force of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (‘GDPR’) in May 2018 dramatically changed the way in which personal data is viewed, considered and ultimately processed by …
A GDPR case against Facebook, launched by Austrian privacy activist Max Schrems, has been deemed legal under EU law after the Austrian Supreme Court’s ruling, ComputerWeekly reports. Why is this a big deal? …
