All Data Protection & Privacy articles – Page 32
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NewsSecurity threat warrants data retention in France, Supreme Court rules
France’s Council of State has ruled that the existing threat to national security currently justifies the generalised retention of telecom connection data.
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NewsUK taskforce to probe how a digital pound could comply with AML and data protection rules
A new United Kingdom taskforce and engagement forum set up to explore a digital pound will examine how data privacy can be protected under the initiative while anti-money laundering (AML) requirements are still met.
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NewsTikTok faces claim for billions in UK child privacy lawsuit
Video-sharing app TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance is facing a damages’ claim worth billions of dollars in a British court case over allegations they illegally harvested private data of millions of European children.
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NewsApple to roll out App Tracking Transparency privacy feature next week
Tech giant Apple has confirmed it will start rolling out an update to its iPhone operating System, including its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) feature next week.
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NewsThink tank suggests ways to handle Augmented and Virtual Reality privacy
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) has published a set of recommendations to deal with privacy risks associated with augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR), often referred to as XR technologies.
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SponsoredMicrosoft: Navigating your compliance score in a shifting landscape
How on earth do you begin to get a handle on your compliance performance when the landscape is constantly shifting? Dan Cousineau and Graham Hosking explain how Microsoft Compliance Manager can help.
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NewsCourt rules Google misled users about collection of location data
Australia’s Federal Court has found that Google misled consumers about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices in 2017 and 2018.
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NewsChinese court upholds landmark facial recognition data ruling
A court in China has upheld a ruling forcing a zoo operator to delete a visitor’s facial recognition data, in what has been described as a key judgement for data rights in the country.
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NewsPrivacy tops anxieties over digital Euro, poll finds
Payments remaining a private matter emerged as the leading concern Europeans have about proposals by the European Central Bank (ECB) to introduce a digital Euro.
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NewsEDPB finds UK and EU data protection laws are strongly aligned – but some concerns remain
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has found many aspects of the United Kingdom’s data protection framework to be ‘essentially equivalent’ to the European Union’s but has also recommended several areas are further assessed.
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NewsExtra rules could be agreed to smooth EU-UK data adequacy, suggests European Parliament think tank
Supplementary rules could be agreed to “bridge the gap” between the United Kingdom and European Union’s data protection systems and ensure the continued free flow of personal data, the European Parliament’s in-house think tank has suggested.
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NewsUK Covid-19 app update delayed ‘due to Google and Apple privacy concerns’
A new version of a United Kingdom government Covid-19 contact tracing app has been delayed, reportedly after privacy concerns were raised by Apple and Google
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NewsBelarus advances data protection law
A comprehensive data privacy law in Belarus has moved a step closer following the bill’s second reading in the lower chamber of parliament.
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NewsLinkedIn denies data breach after 500m records reportedly posted for sale
The social media platform LinkedIn has denied it has had a data breach following reports that information from 500m profiles have been posted in a hacker forum.
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NewsSchrems’ campaign group lodges complaint about Google’s ad tracker
Noyb, the campaign group founded by privacy activist Max Schrems, has filed a complaint with France’s data protection authority about Google’s Android advertising identifier (AAID).
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BlogSpring cleaning? Don’t forget the data
This time of year is traditionally the time when we declutter our homes and remove what we don’t need. Sonia Cheng explains why the same principle should apply to data, particularly as the pandemic has led to the accumulation of information from new sources
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NewsApple tells developers to prepare for imminent launch of App Tracking Transparency feature
Apple has urged developers to make sure their apps are ready for its new App Tracking Transparency privacy feature that is expected within weeks.
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NewsEU says ‘no major breach detected so far’ following significant cyber attack
The European Commission and other European Union (EU) institutions have been hit by a cyber attack significant enough for senior officials to be alerted.
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NewsIrish DPC probes whether Facebook data leak falls under GDPR time frame
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is probing whether any of the data records of 533 million Facebook users published over the weekend were leaked after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
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NewsData protection act enforcement may be further delayed in Thailand
Thailand’s new digital economy and society minister Chaiwut Thanakhamanusorn is considering postponing full enforcement of the country’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA) scheduled for June, in part to give small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) more time to prepare. Implementation has already been delayed once.
