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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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ICO Adtech Forum Overview

The Forum aimed to help ICO to better understand the privacy implications of analytics and digital tools used in the context of advertising My best friend’s birthday was last week so I did some research in Google trying to find her favourite tennis shoes. I checked some sites to compare different models and prices and
March 27, 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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Overview on Device Fingerprinting

Spanish Data Protection Supervisory Authority, AEPD, published guidelines on device fingerprinting. What is fingerprinting? Beyond cookies or pixels, there are other techniques of identification and monitoring on the Internet that allow the realization of profiles and potential profitability of the data associated with them. This category displays the so-called fingerprinting of the device, which is
March 15, 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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EDPB Guidelines on Codes of Conduct and Monitoring Bodies

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) adopted guidelines on codes of conduct, aiming at providing practical guidance and interpretative assistance in relation to the application of Articles 40 and 41 GDPR. The GDPR introduced ‘accountability’ as a key concept for data protection. Accountability places the focus on data controllers to be responsible for and be
March 1, 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
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Facebook and data combination

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
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