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
British Airways faces £183m fine for GDPR breach
Following a cyber attack targeted at British Airways last year, the proposed GDPR penalty has reached record heights – a mind-numbing £183m. Allegedly, hundreds of thousands of customers were affected.
New privacy dashboards by Microsoft to help you become GDPR compliant
If you have the Microsoft 365 enterprise bundle, good news! The company has decided to roll out new privacy dashboards that will help you become GDPR compliant. The new Compliance
Google slapped with a record-breaking €50m GDPR fine
It’s official: Google has been slapped with a €50m GDPR and the news comes from CNIL, the French data protection authority. As this is the first big fine issued in
Do not hesitate to update the WP GDPR Compliance plugin
About three weeks ago, hackers started exploiting the zero-day cybersecurity vulnerability found in the WP GDPR Compliance plugin, a popular choice for WordPress users. The vulnerability has since been patched
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
No GDPR-related fines issued by the UK watchdog yet
Reportedly, the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) receives around 500 calls on a weekly basis, but as we’re 3 months into the GDPR era, no fines have been issued as of