Coronavirus mobile phone surveillance in effect despite GDPR
To ensure that people remain quarantined in their homes and slow down the spread of COVID-19, a number of nations are resorting to surveillance measures such as phone location tracking.
UK Home Office breached GDPR 100 times
From third-party data disclosures to lost passwords and sending ID cards to the wrong addresses, the UK Home Office has managed to breach the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
More than €114m has been gathered under GDPR
Since its introduction around two years ago, the EU’s GDPR law has brought in more than €114m in fines. DLA Piper, a multinational law firm, reports that they’ve had 160,000
Only one in three businesses are GDPR compliant, study finds
Capgemini, a consultancy firm, found that, although GDPR has been in effect for more than a year, only one in three businesses are compliant. Here’s the nitty and gritty. As
UK to slap Marriott with a GDPR fine of $123m
Following the recent news of a GDPR fine against British Airways, there is another penalty on the horizon; the $123m fine against Marriott. The UK’s ICO has made decision to
Microsoft to give users more control over their data
From now on, you will be able to have more control over the way Microsoft stores and handles your data. To increase their compliance with GDPR, Microsoft has decided to
First-ever GDPR notice issued in UK
AggregateIQ, a Canadian company that’s also been involved in the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandal, is the first to be put on notice. The Facebook data scandal involved the personal
Google and Facebook showered with GDPR complaints
The European GDPR is starting to take its toll on Google and Facebook, two of the internet giants that everyone is familiar with. And that’s just the beginning of what’s
GDPR goes into effect tomorrow. Are you ready?
Tomorrow, on the 25th of May 2018, is the day when GDPR goes into full effect. Are you prepared for it? The idea for what is now known as the
Rabobank’s unique approach to GDPR compliance
Rabobank, a Dutch bank, is taking a unique approach to GDPR compliance. Together with IBM research, they will set a system in place that uses cryptographic pseudonyms. As a quick
