The man suing Apple over two-factor authentication has ‘previous’
I can’t see how this helps anyone. I’m glad I live in a less litigious country…: Chances are that by now you’ve heard the crazy story of how an American […]
Cyberlaw
Stop saying, “We take your privacy and security seriously�
One of my pet hates is the insincere filler found in company statements, often inserted by lawyers to give some modicum of protection against imagined lawsuits. If anyone writing such […]
Germany: Analyzing Websites, Bavarian State Office For Data Protection Supervision Identifies …
The report card for websites in Bavaria reads “Must do better…” especially when it comes to cookie consent. I expect other European regulators to carry out similar audits of data […]
Facebook, FTC reportedly negotiating massive fine to settle privacy issues
This would make the ICO fine look like very small change…: Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission are negotiating a multibillion-dollar fine to settle an investigation into the social network’s privacy practices, The Washington […]
Australian Senate votes to replace systemic weakness and vulnerability definitions in encryption laws
In Australia, an attempt to retro-fit bad legislation with slightly less-bad definitions. Other governments please take note…: […] “We seek only to address some of the more important deficiencies in […]
Cottage Health Settles with OCR for $3M
Security incidents have a long afterglow. Do you remember anything from 2013?… We previously reported that Cottage Health, a health care entity operating several hospitals in California, settled with the State of […]
Blog: Advancing the adtech debate from a data protection perspective
Simon McDougall highlights three areas of concern in the adtech industry and invites stakeholders to a fact-finding forum. Original article here
Why data governance is not an option
When the regulator tell you to take data governance seriously, take notice…: […]Â Ng Hoo Ming, deputy chief executive of operations at Singapore’s Cyber Security Agency (CSA), could not have been […]
Cyber sex crimes against children have trebled in three years, NSPCC warns
There have bee a number of articles recently in the UK press about how easy it is for teenagers (and younger) to gain access to Tinder, Grindr etc. The flipside […]
ICO issues the first fines to organisations that have not paid the data protection fee.
Organisations across the business services, construction and finance sectors are among the first to be fined by the ICO for not paying the data protection fee. Original article here