WhatsApp has said that users will soon have to share information with its parent company, Facebook, if they are to keep using the service. In a privacy policy update released last week, the instant messaging service told users that they …
After more than four years of Brexit negotiations, the UK is now only a few days away from the end of its transition period out of the EU. Unfortunately, the negotiations – which can charitably be described as ‘disorganised’ – …
The global supply for a COVID-19 vaccine has been targeted by cyber criminals. IBM says it has tracked a phishing campaign aimed at the delivery cold chain used to keep vaccines at the right temperature during transportation. This is no …
Ticketmaster UK has been fined £1.25 million after it suffered a massive data breach that exposed customers’ payment card details. The ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office) levied the fine following an investigation into the incident, which was disclosed in June 2018. …
If you’re one of the many organisations based outside the EU that’s been told to review your GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance practices, you might be confused. It’s an EU law, so why does the GDPR apply to non-EU …
Ireland’s DPC (Data Protection Commission) is investigating Instagram amid allegations that it failed to protect children’s personal data. Reports claimed that the email addresses and phone numbers of those under 18 were left publicly available due to an oversight in …
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is characterised by its widespread departure from previous European data protection laws – and one area where this is particularly the case is the scope of its application. Not only does the GDPR apply to …
The German subsidiary of H&M has received a €35,258,707.95 (about £31.9 million) fine from the Hamburg Data Protection Authority for violating the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation). The infringement relates to a 2019 data breach that revealed that H&M was …
The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) restricts transfers of personal data outside of the EU. This prevents organisations circumventing the Regulation by processing the personal data in a country where the information is not adequately protected. For a data transfer …
For more than two years, Instagram was keeping pictures and direct messages on its servers after users deleted them. The researcher Saugat Pokharel discovered the error after sending the social media giant a request to access the information it stored …
