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Greenwich University data breach

The ICO fined Greenwich University  £120,000 for failing to prevent  a serious data breach.  The breach disclosed the data of 19,500 students. This occurred due to a microsite developed by an academic and a student in the then-devolved University’s Computing and Mathematics School, to facilitate a training conference in 2004. The data included names, addresses, dates
July 5, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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EE fined by ICO for sending unlawful texts

EE has been fined £100,000 by the ICO for sending 2.5 million unconsented direct marketing messages to its customers. We explain what companies should watch out for when sending direct marketing messages.  The messages, sent in early 2018, encouraged customers to access and use the ‘My EE’ app to manage their account and also to
July 3, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Fines and Penalties imposed by data protection authorities within the EU

It’s been a little over a year since the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force, but with that it has been clear that dealing with data breaches has become a norm for EU protection authorities. According to the European Data Protection Board, the majority of the cases were related to complaints, notably
June 26, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Aphaia innovation summit

The Aphaia team came together in London for the annual summer summit, which took place on Tuesday 11th and Thursday 13th June. The two days were filled with a variety of sessions/discussions focusing on our operations and services. The sessions were informative and allowed the team to openly discuss strategy and take a view on our
June 19, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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EU cyber-attacks framework

The Council has established a framework (Council Regulation (EU) 2019/796)which allows the EU to impose sanctions in relation to cyber-attacks which constitute an external threat to the EU or its Member States. It also includes cyber-attacks against third States or international organisations where restricted measures are considered necessary to achieve the objectives of the Common
June 7, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Workplace collection of Biometric Data

Does the collection of biometric data by employer violate privacy? For the first time in Australian history, an employee was fired for refusing to submit biometric finger scanning data required by his employer. The employee believes that he had been wrongfully terminated. After he was denied an unfair dismissal claim by an Australia’s Fair Work
May 24, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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EU-Japan artificial intelligence cooperation

EU Vice-President Ansip and Japan Minister Hirai discussed bilateral cooperation to promote a human-centric approach to artificial intelligence (AI), building on the joint statement of the 26th EU-Japan summit. European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Single Market, Andrus Ansip and Japan’s Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy, Takuya Hirai said after their meeting: “The
May 17, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Unlawful voice data to be deleted!

A complaint from the Big Brother Watch instigated an investigation into HMRC’s Voice ID service. The ICOs investigation mainly dealt with the voice authentication for customer verification on some of HMRC’s helplines since January 2017. Customers were given insufficient information when it came to how their biometric data would be processed. Biometric data is considered
May 15, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Cookies, Security and Website tracking

The Dutch data protection authority has recently published its fining policy for violations of GDPR and the Dutch law implementing GDPR. When it comes to cookies, the Dutch DPA’s conclusion is that it is not compliant with GDPR for website pop-ups to block users from access to the site unless they consent to the use
May 10, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Svea Ekonomi ordered to correct its practices in the processing of personal data

Due to two cases concerning data protection, financial credit company Svea Ekonomi has to improve its practices when it comes to the processing of personal data related to the assessment of creditworthiness, the right of inspect one’s own personal data and notification practices. One of the cases deals with the personal data of a data subject
May 8, 2019 Comments (0) Share