Austrian Regulator Says Google Analytics Contravenes GDPR
A new ruling from the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) traps EU/U.S. data transfers between a rock and hard place. The rock is GDPR....
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Facebook, GDPR and Max Schrems – Under the Hood of GDPR Legal Processes
In October 2021, The Irish Data Processing Commission (DPC) produced a Draft Decision on a complaint against Facebook originally raised by Max Schrems with...
Irish regulators support Facebook’s ‘consent bypass’ legal maneuver, suggest $42 million fine for GDPR violations
Regulators in Ireland have proposed up to $42 million in fines for Facebook after the company was accused of violating the GDPR through deceptive...
Get training on Microsoft, Cybersecurity, Python, GDPR, and more with this master class
It’s actually so much easier than you might imagine to train for a well-paid career in the tech industry. Even just one of the...
Data protection: UK to diverge from GDPR in post-Brexit overhaul of privacy rules
The UK has announced plans to change data protection and privacy laws in what the government describes as a new mandate that promotes innovation...
Strengthen Your Password Policy With GDPR Compliance
A solid password policy is the first line of defense for your corporate network. Protecting your systems from unauthorized users may sound easy on...
Privacy Act review to examine privacy tort, direct action rights, and GDPR compliance
Australia’s Attorney-General Christian Porter announced on Friday the terms of reference and issues paper that his department will use as a basis for its...
Ransomware: It’s time to bring cybersecurity audits up to GDPR status
Cybersecurity standards should be treated in the same way as legislative data protection rules in response to cyberattacks including ransomware incidents, a security expert...
Hacker ransoms 23k MongoDB databases and threatens to contact GDPR authorities
A hacker has uploaded ransom notes on 22,900 MongoDB databases left exposed online without a password, a number that accounts for roughly 47% of...
GDPR two years on: Why there’s still work to be done on data protection
Two years on from the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) coming into the force, the data privacy laws still face challenges across the European Union,...