Top news of the week: 17.12.2020.
Data Privacy
Exclusive-Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules
Facebook Inc will shift all its users in the United Kingdom into user agreements with the corporate headquarters in California, moving them out of their current relationship with Facebook's ...
EU’s resolution on encryption foreshadows likely anti-encryption push
The Council of the EU released a non-binding resolution that calls for tech companies to find technical solutions to let authorities access encrypted data.
Report: UK marriage tax relief specialist Exposes Customers’ Personal Information In Data Leak
Company name and location: Marriage Tax Allowance Ltd, based in the United Kingdom Leak size: Over 100,000 files totaling approximately 5GB of
Lessons for Irish DPO’s from the DPC’s Twitter fine decision
The DPC’s twitter fine decision. Advice from our Senior Data Protection Consultant for DPOs all over the country - what can you learn?
Twitter issued $547,000 GDPR fine by Irish regulator in landmark decision
In its response to the fine, Twitter accepts responsibility for a failure in its reporting mechanism.
Google, Amazon Hit With $163 Million In Fines From French Regulator Over Privacy Breaches
Both sites place advertising trackers on user’s computers without their consent.
Hunting the Hunters: How We Identified Navalny's FSB Stalkers
Today, alongside investigative partners CNN, Der Spiegel, and The Insider, we identified a long-running FSB operation to trail Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, including a number ...
Analysis of Digital Services Act with a technology angle
Technology platforms create technologies with significant impacts on nations, governments, and societies. This impact is increasing, reaching new heights. Many feel that the rules of the ...