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H&M gets 35.3M euros fine for records of private living conditions of employees
By Aleksander Uibo / October 2, 2020
Due to several hundred employees of the H&M service centre in Nuremberg were monitored by the centre management, the Hamburg...
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New Swiss Data Protection Act comes into force on September 1, 2023: comparison with GDPR
By Aleksander Uibo / September 28, 2020
The new Swiss Data Protection Act (nFADP) has finally been completed. Following the resolution of the last differences on "profiling"...
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Instagram Sued For Privacy Violations Over Unauthorized Camera Access
By Aleksander Uibo / September 22, 2020
On Thursday in the Northern District of California, Brittany Conditi filed a class-action complaint against Instagram and its parent company Facebook for...
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Cloud Industry Unites to Create Global Standard for Transfer of Personal Data following ‘Schrems II’ ruling
By Aleksander Uibo / September 17, 2020
The creators of the data protection market standard for cloud, the EU Cloud Code of Conduct (CoC), today announced work...
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UK government DPOs challenged by volume of GDPR work
By Aleksander Uibo / September 11, 2020
Data protection officers (DPOs) working in central government departments, agencies and associated public bodies across the UK say they have...
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Irish regulator forces Facebook to stop sending EU data to the US
By Aleksander Uibo / September 10, 2020
The Irish regulator is expected to stop the social media giant from moving data to the US because of privacy...
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German State’s Data Processing Authority Offers Strict Guidance On Post-Schrems II Data Transfers
By Aleksander Uibo / August 31, 2020
The data protection authority of the German state of Baden-Wurttemberg issued a guidance for European Union data exporters in the wake of the Schrems...
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Italy tops GDPR penalty list with €46m worth of fines in 2020
By Aleksander Uibo / August 26, 2020
Businesses operating within the European Union have been hit with a total of €68 million (£61.5m) in fines relating to...
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GDPR fines for unlawful marketing messages
By Sara Laine / February 19, 2019
The referendum campaign Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance Group were announced to receive GDPR fines for a total of £120,000. This...
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Google: US Tech Giant and the Record-High Fine Under the GDPR
By Sara Laine / January 22, 2019
As the General Data Protection Regulation came into force, companies that process personal data of EU citizens, are expected to...
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World’s Biggest Data Breach – Over 770 Million User Accounts and Passwords Leaked
By Sara Laine / January 18, 2019
Australian data protection expert Troy Hunt has exposed the biggest single data breach known so far. During the recent data breach, nearly...
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NASA Suffers Another Data Breach
By Sarune Zybartaite / January 15, 2019
You would think that of all the companies and organizations, NASA - an independent agency, responsible for the civilian space program, as well...
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German Politicians in the Target of Cyber Attacks
By Sarune Zybartaite / January 8, 2019
Right after the start of the New Year, the message spread that Angela Merkel's personal details leaked on Twitter. According...
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French Telecom Operator Pays the GDPR Fine
By Sarune Zybartaite / January 4, 2019
The French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) was not in a festive mood when right after Christmas, on the 27th...
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TRAFI in Finland Disclosed Personal Data
By Sarune Zybartaite / December 18, 2018
At the beginning of June 2018, the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TRAFI) presented an online service that enables a search...
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A Hospital in Portugal receives a fine of 400.000 EUR
By Sarune Zybartaite / November 30, 2018
Portuguese Supervisory Authority (“CNPD”) imposed a fine of 400.000 € on a hospital for the GDPR infringement. The hospital publicly...
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Radisson Hotel’s Global Loyalty Program Data Breach
By Sarune Zybartaite / November 15, 2018
The Radisson Hotel Group has experienced a data breach impacting members of the firm's loyalty and rewards scheme in over...
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Less Known Cambridge Analytica Partner Receives a GDPR Hit
By Sarune Zybartaite / November 13, 2018
After GDPR coming into force, it was assumed the big players - multinational companies were the first to receive sanctions....
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Privacy Policy Becomes Mandatory On Google Play
By Sarune Zybartaite / November 13, 2018
From the 3rd of October, 2018, Privacy Policy becomes mandatory for apps in an Apple Store. Likewise, Google Play also...
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Prepare the Privacy Policy For Apps
By Sarune Zybartaite / October 1, 2018
The change to the App Store Review Guidelines specifies that developers must include the Privacy Policy link in the App...
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Don’t Track Everything like Spotify Does
By admin / September 11, 2018
An Austrian developer managed to get his entire data archive from Spotify. The man realized that company was tracking his...
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The Big Test of GDPR
By admin / September 11, 2018
GDPR came into full force on 25 May 2018. Right after that, Max Schrems filed the first cases under GDPR...
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Prepare for Data Breaches to Happen
By admin / September 11, 2018
Timehop, a smartphone app that helps you celebrate the best moments of the past with your friends, recently admitted to more...
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British Airways Asked To Post Personal Information Publicly
By admin / September 11, 2018
Security researcher Mustafa Al-Bassam discovered that the airline’s social media team demanded customers post a trove of personal information publicly on...
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