Top news of the week: 26.05.2021.
Data Privacy
Germany adopts new data protection and privacy law
German parliament this week adopted a law regulating data protection and privacy in telecommunications and telemedia. For the first time, the legislator transposed EU requirements on ...
Belgian DPA Approves First EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers
On May 20, 2021, the Belgian Data Protection Authority announced that it had approved the EU Data Protection Code of Conduct for Cloud Service Providers, the first transnational EU code of ...
The Infonomics of Ransomware
Ransomware is a "wicked problem". An infonomic perspective suggests we need a multi-strand approach to solving it other than banning ransoms.
Data regulator to conduct audit of every Irish political party
The audit will inquire into the processing of personal data by parties over the past three years.
Air India: At least 4.5 million people's data exposed following IT system hack
A company called SITA operated the breached system and revealed the hack in February, but not the scale or who was affected.
Mandatory opt-out, data breach notification part of new privacy bill
Senators reintroduce bill as scrutiny of social media ramps up.
Leaked One Call staff messages confirm 'cyber security' incident as major crime unit called in
A major regional crime unit has been called in to Doncaster’s One Call Insurance after it was reportedly targeted by Eastern European hackers demanding a £15 million ransom after seizing ...
Vaccine waitlist Dr. B collected data from millions. But how many did it help?
Almost 2.5 million people signed up to Dr. B with the promise of getting leftover vaccines. Months later, the site won’t disclose how many doses it helped deliver—or what it plans to do ...