Privacy

An independent review of King’s College London’s (KCL) security arrangements has found that the university breached the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as its own data protection policy, when it disclosed the sensitive personal information of students and staff to the Metropolitan Police. The review, carried out by independent…

British Airways is facing a record fine of £183m for last year’s breach of its security systems. The airline, owned by IAG, says it is “surprised and disappointed” by the penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). At the time, BA said hackers had carried out a “sophisticated, malicious criminal…

As the famous idiom goes: “Nothing is certain but death and taxes.” Now, in our digital age, we can add one more certainty: data breaches. This year we’ve already seen quite a long list of data breaches from all around the world. While most of the focus usually falls on financial…

The 2019 federal election is just over 100 days away. In the lead-up to election day, there will be no shortage of issues vying for voters’ attention. One issue that will directly affect each of Canada’s 27 million voters is politicians’ failure to safeguard the electorate’s personal privacy. To many…

In Sidewalk Labs’ Master Innovation and Development Plan (MIDP), released Monday, the Alphabet company echoed its assurances that the Quayside project would abide by all provincial and federal government regulations encompassing data, including both existing and future privacy laws. “Everybody wants personal information in personally identifiable form, that’s the big win.”– Ann…

The Danish Data Protection Agency has reported IDDesign A/S and proposed a fine of DKK 1,5 million for failure to delete data about 385.000 customers. In the autumn of 2018, the Danish Data Protection Agency carried out a supervisory visit to Danish furniture company IDDesign. One of the questions the…

In June 2018, more than 400,000 people protested the Trump administration’s policy of separating families at the border. The following month saw a host of demonstrations in New York City on issues including racism and xenophobia, the abolition of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the National Rifle Association. Given the ease…

By The Editorial Board The editorial board represents the opinions of the board, its editor and the publisher. It is separate from the newsroom and the Op-Ed section. In the past year, Congress has been happy to drag tech C.E.O.s into hearings and question them about how they vacuum up and…

Regardless of where in the world you work, every business today needs an understanding of global privacy regulations like GDPR, and how to comply with them.  Over one year on from GDPR’s inception many businesses are struggling to implement data strategies that help them to meet this challenging regulation; however, with…

As many as 86 percent of the top hundred most-visited websites in the United Kingdom are not compliant with GDPR requirements, be it in terms of offering privacy policies or secure usage of cookies handling potentially sensitive data, tests carried out by ImmuniWeb have revealed. In 2017, GCHQ’s National Cyber…