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  Horlane

Fingerprinting and what it means for privacy?

This week we discuss device fingerprinting. Firstly though we want to know do you feel safe against online identifiers? Do you frequently delete cookies? It’s time to up your game and here’s why… what is fingerprinting? Beyond cookies or pixels, there are other techniques of identification and monitoring on the Internet. While it can be
augustus 23, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Apple to protect children’s privacy

Even though it could devastate their businesses, Apple has decided to change the rules it has for kids apps. Under the new rules, kids apps on Apple’s App Store will be banned from using external analytics software — invisible lines of code that collect extremely detailed information about who is using an app and how.
augustus 21, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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FACEBOOK LIKE BUTTON ECJ RULING

The Court of Justice of the European Union, the EU’s highest court, has ruled that an operator of a website that features a Facebook ‘like’ button can be a data controller jointly with Facebook. What happened? The EU Court of Justice weighed in on a dispute after an online fashion retailer was accused of violating
augustus 14, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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A fine of 180K euros for GDPR data breach imposed by CNIL

Active Insurances, has been fined by France’s data protection authority, the CNIL. The amount is 180,000 euros against Active Insurances, CNIL has said that “breached its obligation to secure personal data provided for by Article 32 of the [EU] General Data Protection Regulation.” A customer alerted the CNIL in 2018 that he was able to
juli 31, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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ICO intents to fine Marriott more than £99 million for data breach

Following an extensive investigation, the ICO has issued a notice of its intention to fine Marriott International £99,200,396 for data breach under the GDPR. The U.S. hotel group is the second firm to face a massive GDPR fine. Marriott notified the ICO of a cyber incident in November 2018. A variety of personal data contained
juli 26, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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ICO new cookies guidance

The new guidance aims to align the ICO’s position on cookies with GDPR. What should I do? There are steps a business must take to ensure compliance with the new guidance: Say what cookies will be set and explain what the cookies do The information provided to the data subject must cover: the cookies intended
juli 24, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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British Airways data breach fine set at £183m based on GDPR

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m data breach of its security system. The GDPR imposes stiff fines on data controllers and processors for non-compliance. On the one hand a company can either be fined up to €10 million, or 2% of the worldwide annual revenue of the prior financial year. On the
juli 10, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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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
juli 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
juli 3, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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Gmail is not telecommunications, rules ECJ

To the relief of Europe’s tech community, European Court of Justice rules that Gmail is not electronic communications service and does not fall under the EU regulatory framework for telecommunications. European regulatory Framework on electronic communications (or telecommunications) imposes a number of public law rights and obligations on the providers of services that consist ‘wholly
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