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EU biometrics database

EU Parliament agreed to interconnect a series of border-control, migration, and law enforcement systems into a gigantic, biometrics-tracking, searchable database of EU and non-EU citizens called the Common Identity Repository (CIR). Combining biometric samples of persons to enable biometric identifications, the Common Identity Repository would combine biographical identities of persons (name, gender, date of birth)
May 3, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Hambach Declaration on Artificial Intelligence

The topic of artificial intelligence was a primary focus at the 97th Data Protection Conference in Hambach Castle. The conference emphasized in its “Hambach Declaration” that the use of Artificial Intelligence must be responsible to man and to his fundamental rights and freedoms. Seven data protection requirements were identified when using artificial intelligence. These include
May 1, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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U.K. Home Office is sorry for data breach

A data breach has taken place in the system that allows EU citizens in the UK before Brexit to apply for settled status in order to continue to live and work there afterwards. Details of hundreds of EU citizens requesting their stay in the country have been accidentally disclosed. Administrative error has been identified as the reason
April 17, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Will US get stronger privacy laws?

The US is lagging behind when it comes to privacy and the role of big data tech giants. 5G networks, IoT, artificial intelligence and other related technologies are all based on a massive processing and transfer of personal data, between both devices and countries. The latter are deemed as a global scenario for these purposes.
April 12, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Workers fined for data protection breaches

Did you know that employees can be held personally liable for their failure to safeguard and correctly handle personal data? Companies are not the only ones being fined for data breaches, individuals as workers can and will be prosecuted. Mike Shaw, who heads up the criminal investigations team at the ICO, said: “People expect that their
March 29, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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US Criminal investigation launched into Facebook’s data deals

US Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into data deals Facebook struck with some of the world’s largest technology companies. “I’ve been working to understand exactly what happened and how to make sure this doesn’t happen again. I started Facebook, and at the end of the day I’m responsible for what happens on our
March 20, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Assessing Singapore’s data breaches

Singapore’s public agencies will access data breaches on a case-by-case basis Dr Janil Puthucheary, a senior minister of state for communications and information and transport, states that there’s a need to look at every case, a need to look at the issue at hand as to what has been accessed, what are the circumstances and
March 13, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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5G expansion privacy risks

The expansion of 5G mobile technology around the world promises to bring faster downloads and quicker network response times. But also a lot more concerns about privacy. In the USA 5G will allow for the possibility of more-precise location tracking, as well as the opportunity to collect vast amounts of additional personal data. Unfortunately, due
March 8, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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GDPR and email: minimise the transfers!

A ‘human error’ was the blame for Kent Council’s email breach. Such a situation may involve penalties ranging from a simple warning by the control authority, the ICO in this case, to fines of 20 million euros. E-mail including contact details of more than 300 adoptive parents and some support workers were shared mistakenly by
March 6, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Data protection and Brexit

A ‘no deal’ Brexit is looking like a real possibility the closer we get to March 29th. So what would a  ‘no deal’ Brexit mean for data protection? Summary of the situation: On June 23rd 2016, a referendum was held to decide whether the UK should leave or remain in the European Union. The Leave
February 27, 2019 Comments (0) Share