All articles by Robert Bateman – Page 2
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FeatureConservative Party Conference 2022 Brings More Data Protection Uncertainty
At the Conservative Party Conference 2022 on Monday, newly-appointed Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Michelle Donelan said the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was “limiting the potential of our businesses”.
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FeatureNew NIST Report: Integrating Cybersecurity Into Enterprise Risk Management
With cyberattacks becoming more devastating and complex, cybersecurity is at the forefront of public and government attention.
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FeatureEU’s Sweeping New Cyber Resilience Rules Will Hold Digital Products to a High Security Standard
The European Commission’s proposed Cyber Resilience Act, published on Thursday, aims to change this by imposing new rules on the people manufacturing, importing and distributing hardware and software products across the EU.
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FeatureInstagram ‘Binding Decision’: What Was Meta’s ‘Legal Basis’ for Publishing Children’s Contact Details?
Last week’s €405m fine against Instagram, the second-largest penalty ever issued under the GDPR, made headlines. But Meta (which owns Instagram) turned over $117bn last year. Beyond the fine, specific findings around Meta’s legal compliance could hurt the company much more.
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NewsReport: Regulation, Privacy and Fraud Among Organisations’ Top Compliance Concerns
A recently-published NAVEX report offers an interesting insight into the views and practices of compliance professionals across 1,105 organisations.
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NewsGDPR, Transparency and Consent, and the Internet Advertising Bureau: Unpacking Six Questions For the CJEU
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF) was supposed to be a “cross-industry best practice standard” to help thousands of publishers, adtech vendors and consent management platforms (CMPs) comply with the GDPR.
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NewsIreland’s €405m Instagram Fine: Children’s Privacy and Data Protection by Design
The Irish data protection authority has fined Instagram €405m over how the company processed children’s data—the second largest GDPR fine on record.
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FeatureThe Complex World of NFTs and Financial Crime
Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are perhaps best known as a way to assign digital “ownership” to pictures of cartoon monkeys. But a new report from Elliptic claims that NFT-based platforms are being used to launder millions of dollars of illicit funds.
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NewsNHS Contractor Cyberattack: Ransomware, Supply Chains and Operational Resilience
When an NHS service provider was hit by ransomware earlier this month, an NHS spokesperson said the health service had “tried and tested contingency plans in place” to protect its own network.
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NewsLastPass Hack: To Disclose or Not to Disclose?
Users of the world’s most popular password manager, LastPass, received a shock on Thursday after the company notified them of “some unusual activity within portions of the LastPass development environment”.
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NewsFirst CCPA Settlement: Actually, You DO Sell Personal Information
Enforcement of California’s comprehensive privacy law began in earnest on Wednesday as the state’s attorney general (AG) Rob Bonta announced a $1.2 million settlement with French cosmetics chain Sephora.
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FeatureComplex and Evolving Risk Landscape Leads to Strong Growth for GRC Solutions Market
A report from Future Market Insights suggests that the market for governance, risk and compliance (GRC) solutions will continue to grow until at least the end of the decade as businesses seek to manage risk and gain a competitive advantage in an increasingly uncertain landscape.
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FeatureWhistleblower Claims Regulators Weren’t Told About Twitter Security Risks — And Neither Was Twitter’s Board
Twitter’s former head of security, Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, made some serious allegations about the state of security and data protection in the company on Tuesday.
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FeatureGambling Firms’ Inadequate Systems and Processes Lead to £17m Money-Laundering Settlement
Gambling business Entain Group reached a £17m settlement with the Gambling Commission on Wednesday after an investigation found numerous failings around social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) compliance.
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FeaturePhishing, Third-Party Risk and the Signal and Twilio Attack
Communications provider Twilio suffered a phishing attack on 4 August. On Monday, 11 days later, messaging app Signal disclosed that some of its users have been impacted by the attack.
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FeatureGoogle’s £35m Australian Fine: Consumer Law Steps In Where Privacy Law Would Fail
Australia’s privacy regime is weak compared to most other major economies. Yet on Friday, an Australian court ordered Google to pay AUD 60 million (£35 million) in fines for its “deceptive” data collection practices.
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Feature‘Indiscriminate Scanning’: EU Authorities Criticise Child Abuse Detection Proposals
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) have published an opinion about proposed child safety measures that they claim could lead to “indiscriminate scanning of the content of virtually all types of electronic communications of all users”.
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FeatureAnother Bad Week Underlines Crypto’s Security Problem
Two crypto heists this week caused nearly $200 million in losses. Seemingly every week there are stories about similar incidents. But is there a security problem with the blockchain itself, or with the software and systems designed to facilitate its use?
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FeatureLaw Firm Fines Quadrupled Over Two Years, Mostly Due to Money-Laundering Compliance Failings
Data from the Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) shows a substantial increase in the number and amount of fines issued to law firms. A look at the data reveals the main cause of the increase: law firms are failing to meet their obligations to detect and prevent money laundering.
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FeatureWill the UK’s ‘Light Touch’ AI Regulation Plans Increase AI Risks?
The government claims its “innovation-friendly and flexible” plans for AI regulation could help businesses avoid the “uncertainty that comes with regulatory compliance”. But could lighter touch regulation increase risks for UK businesses and individuals alike?
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