All Legal & Regulation articles – Page 20
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NewsDutch DPA fines Booking.com €475,000 for late reporting of data breach
The hotel booking firm Booking.Com has been fined €475,000 for failing to report a data breach to the authorities for 22 days
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NewsEU-South Korea data protection adequacy decision one step closer
The European Union and South Korea have confirmed there is a high degree of convergence between their data protection regulations, paving the way for an adequacy decision which would allow the free flow of personal data between them.
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VideoA Growing Trend: Class Action Cases
Class actions are on the rise with high profile organisations Oracle and Salesforce hit with GDPR class action lawsuits over the use of third party cookies for ad tracking and targeting across several countries.
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Video2021 and Beyond: Regulations on the Horizon
During this discussion, panellists will explore the updates and new laws coming into effect in the next 12 months.
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NewsWashington Privacy Bill redrafted to add sweeping opt-out controls
Washington state’s new Privacy Bill has been amended and strengthened by state house lawmakers to include new opt-out controls and private right to action.
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ResearchCharting the UK Data Protection Profession: March 2021 Report
Data Protection World Forum and The DPO Centre are delighted to bring you the third Index survey report from the ground-breaking UK Data Protection Index.
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NewsRegulators urged to ‘stop squabbling’ over GDPR enforcement
The European Commission Vice President has called on regulators to stop squabbling over the enforcement of data protection rules or face the possibility of a centralised model.
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NewsSwiss DPA probes vaccine website for possible data security breach
The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (DPIC) in Switzerland is probing a possible data security breach by a website that allows people to voluntarily upload an electronic version of their vaccination record.
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NewsIndia seeks to stop WhatsApp privacy rule changes
The Indian government has filed a lawsuit in Delhi High Court to restrain WhatsApp from implementing a new privacy policy.
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AnalysisSeven key themes from PrivSec Global Day One
Here are the talking points and takeaways from Day One of PrivSec Global
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NewsUS options to resolve Schrems II outcome spelt out
Authorities in the US have three ways of overcoming commercial data transfer difficulties created by the Schrems II ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), according to the Congressional Research Service.
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BlogA quick glance at the current state of US privacy laws
Confused about the state of play when it comes to the varying United States’ privacy laws? Here is an at-a-glance reminder of where we are in several states ahead of PrivSec Global’s panel, US Privacy: The Year for Change?
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NewsFrance’s DPA investigates Clubhouse for GDPR compliance
The Data Protection Authority in France has launched a probe into social chat app Clubhouse to verify compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), marking a second questioning of the company’s practices by European authorities.
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NewsCalifornia appoints members of privacy protection agency board
The five members of the inaugural board for the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) have been named.
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NewsAnti-trust complaint against Google widened to include Privacy Sandbox
A coalition of US states led by Texas has amended its lawsuit against Google, claiming anti-trust violations through the company’s efforts to boost its dominant advertising business.
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AnalysisA look at Canada’s new data privacy law
New legislation in Canada will expand data privacy obligations. GRC World Forums summarises the key changes to the law along with insight from PrivSec Global speaker Mark Sward
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NewsGoogle lawsuit over ‘incognito tracking’ gets the go-ahead
A United States judge has given the green light for a lawsuit against Google alleging it tracks users even when they switch to Incognito mode in the company’s Chrome browser. The tech giant had attempted to have the $5bn (€4.16bn) case dismissed.
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AnalysisArtificial Intelligence: pay attention to the law and understand what the data is for
Megan Marie Butler, ahead of her PrivSec Global appearance, explains the privacy pitfalls of using Artificial Intelligence in HR.
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NewsPrivacy lawsuit against Zoom mostly dismissed
A US judge has dismissed much of a proposed class action which claimed Zoom Video Communications violated users’ privacy rights by sharing personal information with Facebook, Google and LinkedIn, and let intruders ‘Zoombomb’ meetings held via the online platform. Sitting in San Jose, California, district judge Lucy Koh rejected ...
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NewsScope widened for New Zealand privacy inquiry into police photography
Scope widened for New Zealand inquiry into police photography practice
