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As artificial intelligence (AI) works its way into everyday life via industries like healthcare, finance and entertainment, governments around the world are increasingly investing in another of its applications: autonomous weapons systems. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/11/01/privacy-us-military-operations-get-an-edge-with-ai-and-facial-recognition-tech/ Date : November 1, 2019 at 08:49AM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook…

On Tuesday 12th November, London’s Barbican Centre hosts PrivSec Acountability FS, a one-day conference that explores the multitude of data privacy challenges facing organisations in the financial sector. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/11/01/privsec-accountability-fs-putting-accountability-and-responsibility-into-action/ Date : November 1, 2019 at 07:49AM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

The European Commission is taking stock of the progress made in the past years towards achieving an effective and genuine Security Union. A recent report recaps the initiatives taken by the Commission in some of the key areas of the Security Union including, the fight against terrorism, information exchange, countering…

The home goods retailer has announced that an unauthorised party acquired the login information of some of its customers. According to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing, an unauthorised party obtained email and password information from an external source outside the company’s system.  Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/31/privacy-bed-bath-beyond-discloses-data-breach/ Date : October 31,…

U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, recently introduced comprehensive privacy legislation, known as the “Mind Your Own Business Act” (MYOB Act), to provide protections for the private data of Americans and to hold corporate executives accountable if they abuse such information. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/31/privacy-us-senator-to-widen-private-data-security-and-business-accountability/ Date : October 31, 2019 at 10:31AM Tag(s) :…

Stolen login credentials from Fortune 500 companies have been found in numerous places on the dark web, many of which are available in plaintext form. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/31/privacy-over-21-million-stolen-login-credentials-found-on-the-dark-web/ Date : October 31, 2019 at 09:31AM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

PrivSec New York will take delegates on a journey to explore the relationship between data privacy and cybersecurity as data legislation evolves across the US. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/31/privsec-new-york-going-deep-into-the-cambridge-analytica-fallout/ Date : October 31, 2019 at 08:30AM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Fresh research has shed surprising light on employees’ susceptibility to falling for cyber-attacks and organisations’ resiliency when it comes to fending off phishing attacks. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/31/privacy-are-employees-really-the-weakest-cyber-link-not-according-to-new-study/ Date : October 31, 2019 at 08:30AM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Microsoft-owned GitHub has acted on a takedown request from the Spanish military police by blocking Spanish users from accessing the app. The protestors, known as the Tsunami Democràtic group, used GitHub to develop tools to organise protest action, as well as encrypted communication app. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/30/privacy-github-blocks-spanish-users-from-protest-app/ Date : October…

Radio hobbyists can intercept sensitive data through emergency communications Source : https://www.itpro.co.uk/security/34714/nhs-pagers-expose-medical-data Date : October 30, 2019 at 01:45PM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Xhelper can hide itself from users, download additional malicious apps, and display advertisements. Researchers at Symantec, observed an increase in detections for Xhelper, and discovered that it has infected over 45,000 devices in the past six months.  Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/30/privacy-malicious-app-has-infected-45k-devices-over-the-past-6-months/ Date : October 30, 2019 at 05:16PM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG…

The Australian government has proposed using facial recognition to verify the ages of people wanting to visit adult sites. Currently, Australian law does not prohibit minors from visiting adults site, however this new proposal would require users to verify their age before watching the adult material. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/30/privacy-australia-proposes-facial-recognition-to-gain-access-to-adult-sites/ Date :…

According to a 2018 Opus/Ponemon Institute study of 1,000 CISOs and risk professionals in the U.S. and UK, companies share confidential information with, on average, 583 third parties. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/30/privacy-us-data-governance-technology-offsets-data-breach-risk/ Date : October 30, 2019 at 11:11AM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp Print

Since the result of the 2016 EU referendum, businesses across the country have been following the twists and turns of the Brexit negotiations, waiting nervously for the outcome. Whilst all of this has been going on, a certain General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) also came into force last year, throwing…

The French apparel site Sixth June has suffered a digital skimming attack on its website. Rapid Spike security researcher “Jenkins” took to Twitter, stating that the brand had a live payment skimmer on its website, stealing customer credit card details.  Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/30/privacy-fashion-site-sixth-june-becomes-the-latest-victim-to-magecart-hackers/ Date : October 30, 2019 at 08:07AM…

European Data Protection Summit (EUDPS) Manchester presents two days of content-rich keynote talks and panel debates designed to address the most pressing business issues on today’s data privacy landscape. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/29/european-data-protection-summit-manchester-to-break-down-barriers-to-data-law-compliance/ Date : October 29, 2019 at 06:56PM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook Twitter Linkedin Whatsapp…

The Digital Advertising Accountability Program, which enforces self-regulatory industry standards for web and mobile advertising in the US, has released new actions detailing its efforts to provide consumers with marketplace choice about their digital privacy. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/29/privacy-us-pharma-and-clothing-brands-given-data-privacy-compliance-boost/ Date : October 29, 2019 at 12:52PM Tag(s) : #RGPD ENG Share this… Email Facebook…

In November 2018 we reported the decision of the English High Court in the case of Lloyd v Google [2018] EWHC 2599 (QB). In summary, Mr Lloyd, who is a consumer protection champion, was attempting to bring a ‘class action’ (or ‘representative’ action) against Google. He brought the claim on…

America’s Digital Advertising Accountability (DAA) Programme has released the results of two reviews of popular mobile apps that allowed ad tech companies to collect device and behavioural data from their users without first meeting industry privacy standards. Source : https://gdpr.report/news/2019/10/29/privacy-app-publishers-tighten-data-privacy-behaviours-in-canada/ Date : October 29, 2019 at 10:51AM Tag(s) : #RGPD…

A lawsuit has been filed against Alphabet Inc’s Google over the alleged misuse of location data. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has stated that the local Google unit did not inform users of its Android operating system for two years, that if they did not want the tech giant…