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The Estonian data protection startup is utilizing artificial intelligence to comply with GDPR requirements
By Alex Luik / April 22, 2024
An Estonian startup operating in the data protection field, GDPR Register, is developing an AI-based solution that helps companies escape...
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The new directives from the European Union are making life more difficult for Estonian entrepreneurs again
By Alex Luik / March 13, 2024
Data protection requirements are becoming more complex in the European Union once again, and the European Court has begun to...
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CEO of a privacy startup: The year brings significant changes in the field of data protection
By Alex Luik / March 13, 2024
28th of January was International Data Protection Day, which reminds us that data protection is a daily responsibility in every company processing...
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Introducing Marit Kesa – GDPR Register’s new Sales and Customer Success Manager
By Alex Luik / February 19, 2024
We are excited to welcome Marit Kesa as the newest member of the GDPR Register team. As our new Sales...
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New record for GDPR fines: over four billion euros in penalties
By Alex Luik / October 31, 2023
Data protection authorities in Europe are gaining confidence and competence, which is reflected in the statistics of penalties for violators....
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Legal tech startup GDPR Register appoints ex-Veriff leader as new CEO to lead next stage of growth
By Alex Luik / October 26, 2023
GDPR Register appointment ex-Veriff leader Krete Paal as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective October 1, 2023. She will spearhead...
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Clubhouse app faces court action in Germany over serious failings under data protection and consumer law
By Aleksander Uibo / February 5, 2021
Germany’s largest consumer protection organisation calls on Clubhouse operator Alpha Exploration Co. to cease and desist from illegal business practices...
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Brazil’s Health Ministry’s Data Leak Exposed 243 Million Medical Records for More Than 6 Months
By Aleksander Uibo / January 27, 2021
Personal information of more than 243 million Brazilians was exposed for more than six months thanks to weakly encoded credentials...
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Ubiquiti, producer of routers and access points, has had a data breach
By Aleksander Uibo / January 13, 2021
Ubiquiti, one of the biggest sellers of networking gear, including routers, webcams and mesh networks, has alerted its customers to...
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SolarWinds hackers breach US nuclear weapons agency
By Aleksander Uibo / December 18, 2020
Hackers accessed systems at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The Energy Department and...
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Irish Data Protection Commission to announce Twitter fine on December 17th
By Aleksander Uibo / December 14, 2020
Commissioner Helen Dixon will have an active week with her office’s first potential big tech fine under GDPR and a...
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EU Commission proposes new Data Governance Act
By Aleksander Uibo / November 30, 2020
Commission proposes measures to boost data sharing and support European data spaces To better exploit the potential of ever-growing data...
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EU consumers will soon be able to defend their rights collectively
By Aleksander Uibo / November 30, 2020
EU Parliament today endorsed a new law that will allow groups of consumers to join forces and launch collective action...
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Open Rights Group is taking the ICO to court over the regulator’s failure to stop unlawful practices by the AdTech industry
By Aleksander Uibo / November 11, 2020
In an unprecedented move, the Privacy Campaigners at the Open Rights Group (ORG) have today announced that they are taking...
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Survey result: 45% of businesses faced a data breach in last 12 months
By Aleksander Uibo / November 11, 2020
The data breach report is based on a survey conducted by Kaspersky and B2B International on September 30, 2020. Researchers...
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Cork hospital fined €65k after patients’ personal data found in public recycling facility
By Aleksander Uibo / November 5, 2020
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients' personal data found in public recycling facility The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has handed...
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Irish DPC to cover € 2.9M of legal bill of EU-US data transfer case
By Aleksander Uibo / November 2, 2020
DPC ordered to pick up most of the legal bill of EU-US data transfer case Today, the Irish High Court...
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ICO fines Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep customers’ personal data secure
By Aleksander Uibo / November 2, 2020
The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that...
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Wizz Air: €1 for a flight, €35 for your GDPR right
By Aleksander Uibo / October 26, 2020
Despite the free right to rectification under the GDPR, the airline charged € 35 in phone charges to update a...
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UK Information Commissioner’s Office has published detailed guidance on the Right of Access.
By Aleksander Uibo / October 21, 2020
The right of access is a fundamental right under data protection law. And it has never been more necessary. In...
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IAB Europe’s ad tracking consent framework found to fail GDPR standard
By Aleksander Uibo / October 20, 2020
IAB Europe’s ad tracking consent framework found to fail GDPR standard A flagship framework for gathering Internet users’ consent for...
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Instagram is under investigation over handling of children’s data
By Aleksander Uibo / October 19, 2020
Instagram is being investigated by Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over its handling of children's personal data on the platform....
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EU shoots for €10B ‘industrial cloud’ to rival US
By Aleksander Uibo / October 16, 2020
A pan-European alliance for cloud technology will be set up by the end of the year to for purpose of...
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ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers
By Aleksander Uibo / October 16, 2020
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details...
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Google Analytics Gets A Major Privacy And Machine Learning-Focused Overhaul
By Aleksander Uibo / October 16, 2020
Google is revamping Google Analytics for a world in which privacy plays center stage and identifiers are exiting stage left....
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Irish Data Protection Commission to receive €2 million extra funding
By Aleksander Uibo / October 15, 2020
Irish Data Protection Commission has had a ten-fold increase in funding since 2014 Irish Data Protection Commission is getting more...
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Morgan Stanley Fined $60 Million for Data Protection Mishaps
By Aleksander Uibo / October 14, 2020
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has fined Morgan Stanley $60 million for the investment bank's failure to properly oversee...
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German lawsuit accuses Amazon of breaking EU privacy law
By Aleksander Uibo / October 12, 2020
The lawsuit takes issue with Amazon’s transatlantic data transfers Amazon faces a lawsuit in Germany over claims it has continued...
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Amazon’s spying on EU workers just tip of iceberg
By Aleksander Uibo / October 8, 2020
Amazon has been caught snooping on the private Facebook groups of its EU-based delivery workers The revelations have been accumulating...
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Global Privacy Control initiative is to help consumers exercise their privacy rights
By Aleksander Uibo / October 8, 2020
Announcing Global Privacy Control: Making it Possible for Consumers to Easily Exercise Their "Do Not Sell" Rights Under CCPA With...
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