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  Zandilli Lucien

Italian DPA (Garante) Imposes a Double Fine on Eni Gas E Luce Totalling EUR 11.5 Million for Two Violations of the GDPR.

The Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante) imposed a double fine on Eni Gas E Luce (EGL) of EUR 11.5 million for unlawful data processing for promotional purposes and activation of unsolicited contracts. Last month, the European Data Protection Board reported on a double fine imposed on Eni Gas E Luce, by the Italian Data Protection
February 26, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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  Zandilli Lucien

The FCA, ICO and FSCS release a Joint Statement Warning FCA Authorised Firms and IPs to be Responsible with Personal Data

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) release a joint statement warning FCA authorised companies and Insolvency Practitioners (IPs) to be responsible when dealing with customers’ personal data. On February 7th 2020, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and the Financial
February 19, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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  cristinac

The ICO has imposed a fine on UK retailer due to poor security safeguards

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £500,000 fine on UK retailer DSG Retail Limited after a ‘point of sale’ computer system was compromised as a result of a cyber-attack, affecting at least 14 million people. Ok, so your company accepts credit cards payments for product sales/service offerings. You value security so you’ve ensured
January 24, 2020 Comments (0) Share
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  cristinac

Apple faces scrutiny for data sharing practices

Apple accused of potential improper data-sharing. Earlier this month American multinational technology company Apple came under scrutiny for its data-sharing practice of sending IP addresses from users of its Safari browser to Google and Chinese-based tech company Tencent. Apple has since defended this practice, noting that it is a Safari Fraudulent Warning security feature aimed
October 18, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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  cristinac

WhatsApp conversations may be deemed valid contract in Spain

Using WhatsApp blue tick to sign contracts? WhatsApp chats have been considered a verbal contract between the parties by a Court in Vigo (Galicia, Spain). WhatsApp conversations may be a legally binding contract for the parties. An unpaid rent was the origin of this ruling. The landlords sued the tenant and the Court accepted the WhatsApp
October 2, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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  cristinac

Self-Driving Cars and GDPR

Driverless cars are on track to becoming a reality, but what of privacy and data protection? In this blog we explore self-driving cars and GDPR. When you think of self-driving cars what comes to mind? I’m willing to go on a limb here and say that it’s not just Knight Rider’s KITT, the Batmobile or
September 20, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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  cristinac

ICO launches new Data Sharing Code in line with GDPR and DPA 2018

The ICO’s updated Data Sharing Code will provide companies with practical guidelines about how to share personal data in compliance with data protection legislation. In today’s highly digital, increased-efficiency focused era, data sharing undoubtedly plays a significant role. Indeed major technological shifts in how organizations do business present pretty persuasive arguments for the need for
September 18, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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  cristinac

Voiceprinting Privacy

Voiceprinting is becoming a widespread identification and authentication tool for banks and even public authorities. Voiceprinting privacy concerns and GDPR compliance need to be discussed too. As technology advances and the world shifts more and more towards electronic and online platforms, new means of digitally identifying individuals are constantly being introduced. One such digital identification
September 4, 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
July 31, 2019 Comments (0) Share
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GDPR Challenges For Artificial Intelligence

Data protection in algorithms Technological development is enabling the automation of all processes, as Henry Ford did in 1914; The difference is that now instead of cars we have decisions about privacy. Since GDPR came into force on 25th May 2018, lots of questions have arisen regarding how the Regulation may block any data-based project. In this article, we aim to clarify some of the main GDPR concepts that may apply to the processing of large amounts of data and algorithm decision-making. It
November 16, 2018 Comments (0) Share