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Facebook has been banned by the German’s national competition regulator, Bundeskartellamt, from combining and processing user data from different social network platforms and services. Facebook collects data, not only from its website but also from Facebook-owned websites and apps as well as on third-party websites and smartphones. The information available to Facebook, allows the company

Italian DPA’s investigations have shown additional instances of unlawful processing in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica case. The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) is ready to impose sanctions on Facebook in connection with the ‘Cambridge Analytica case’. Apart from the data transmitted to Cambridge Analytica, the investigation found out that

The new controversial Australian anti-encryption law allows the government to access encrypted data. On the 6th of December 2018, the Australian Parliament approved an anti-encryption law that collides with some essential principles in privacy in a global way, and directly with GDPR. Under this regulation, Australian companies will be obliged to construct “backdoors” or back access

The CNIL has imposed a 50 million euro fine on Google on the grounds that the it lacks transparency, consent and satisfactory information for users. On the 25th and 28th of May 2018, Google was criticised for failing to provide a valid legal basis for processing personal data, in particular for the purposes of personalised

Data protection and Brexit – ICO advice for organisations Business, especially SMEs are being prepared for a possible no-deal Brexit. Even though the basis on which the UK will leave the EU has yet to be decided, the Government has made it clear that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will be absorbed into UK

Aphaia participates in the organisation of “the Customer Experience Management (CEM) in telecoms WorldSummit 2019″ Aphaia is partnering with Symphony as they deliver an interesting conference that will bring together highly-regarded expert speakers from across the ecosystem of telecommunications industry and solution providers to present the latest key trends and development in CEM, big data analytics

The results of the Dutch Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) shows that Microsoft collects and stores large-scale personal data about the behaviour of individuals In the Netherlands government organisations use Microsoft services to store data locally. It is inevitable that Microsoft collect personal data, such as email, IP address as such data is necessary for individuals

For failing to protect users’ personal information, Facebook privacy fine comes up to £500,000, ICO’s maximum pre-GDPR fine. Facebook privacy fine totals up to £500,000, due to the serious breaches of data protection law. In July, the ICO issued a Notice of Intent to fine Facebook as part of a wide ranging investigation into the