UN staffers: the “entire domain” was probably compromised by an attacker who was lurking on the UN’s networks.
Tag Archives: GDPR compliance
Weak account checks earn company $10.5 million privacy fine
The telecomms company violates the EU’s GDPR by allegedly failing to fully authenticate people phoning up to access their accounts.
Convicted murderer wins ‘right to be forgotten’ case
Google must remove details of a convicted murderer from its search results in Europe following a German court ruling, it emerged last week.
Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR
A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.
Microsoft may still be violating privacy rules, says Dutch regulator
EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.
GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests
A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – right of access requests.
You can probably be identified from your anonymized data
The idea of de-identifying data has been around for a while. However, a study published this week asserts that it’s even easier to re-identify information than we first thought.
GDPR superpowers lead to whopper ICO fines for BA, Marriott
The ICO isn’t pulling its punches: The penalty for BA’s data breach is about 367 times higher than the previous record-setting fine.
Google Ad Exchange in data privacy probe
It was triggered by a complaint filed by Dr. Johnny Ryan, CPO of privacy-focused Brave browser, which is fighting Google’s search domination.
FTC renews call for single federal privacy law
It also wants to be the country’s data-privacy police: commissioners called for more resources and ability to impose penalties.