Commissioner Helen Dixon will have an active week with her office’s first potential big tech fine under GDPR and a showdown against Facebook in the High Court. Ireland’s data protection regulator is set to announce
Commission proposes measures to boost data sharing and support European data spaces To better exploit the potential of ever-growing data in a trustworthy European framework, the Commission today proposes new rules on data governance – a
EU Parliament today endorsed a new law that will allow groups of consumers to join forces and launch collective action in the EU. The new rules introduce a harmonised model for representative action in all
In an unprecedented move, the Privacy Campaigners at the Open Rights Group (ORG) have today announced that they are taking the UK’s privacy regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to court over the regulator’s failure
The data breach report is based on a survey conducted by Kaspersky and B2B International on September 30, 2020. Researchers interviewed 4,179 businesses globally, with 50 and up to 4,999 employees. Surveyed companies are from
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients’ personal data found in public recycling facility The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has handed down a €65,000 fine to Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) after the personal data of
DPC ordered to pick up most of the legal bill of EU-US data transfer case Today, the Irish High Court has ordered the DPC to cover the costs of Mr Schrems’ legal team in relation
The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels
Despite the free right to rectification under the GDPR, the airline charged € 35 in phone charges to update a surname. Updating name allegedly only possible in case of marriage. After changing her surname and
The right of access is a fundamental right under data protection law. And it has never been more necessary. In a world where personal data is used almost everywhere – by everyone – it’s vital
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