UK tracking app causes more problems as it breaks privacy laws
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has forced the Department of Health to admit it is not compliant under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it didn’t follow the right procedures.
The Open Rights Group (ORG) has forced the Department of Health to admit it is not compliant under General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as it didn’t follow the right procedures.
The Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, has said it will recommend against a Bill currently working its way through Parliament to use telecoms data in the COVID-19 fight.
Questions over the privacy of popular video-sharing application TikTok have been raised by Dutch authorities, but scepticism can’t slow the rapid expansion.
Open source web browser Brave has directed weighty criticism towards European Governments for failing to equipment data protection agencies and enforcing GDPR rules.
European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) Wojciech Wiewiorowski has requested nations work together through a single app to track the spread of COVID-19.
After suggestions there might be some suspect data sharing going on to combat the coronavirus outbreak, the European Data Protection Supervisor has said it is within the rules.
Facebook might have thought the headaches of the Cambridge Analytica scandal were firmly in the rear-view mirror, but the Australian Information Commissioner has different ideas.
The four major MNOs each face the threat of a weighty fine, collectively totalling more than $200 million, for helping third parties stalk customers.
Dating apps have forever changed the way millennials find relationships (for however long they last…) but Tinder has found itself under the scrutiny of the Irish regulator.
Privacy International is leading a coalition of more than 50 organisations demanding Android owner Google offers users the opportunity to delete any and every app from their device.
The Advocate General to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has said Facebook is not in violation of privacy rules in transferring data to US servers.
MyData is not a company which many would have heard of, but it is one everyone should start to take notice of.
It certainly isn’t unusual for telcos to have a swipe at regulators, and they never miss the opportunity to do so.
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has launched a data protection probe into the European Parliament for continued work with a US firm.
US Senator Josh Hawley has proposed new legislation which would impose data localisation requirements on foreign technology companies.
The technology world is becoming increasingly complicated and inaccessible for the majority, so it is of little surprise citizens are focusing on the negative.
The European Data Protection Supervisor has raised ‘serious concerns’ over whether Microsoft is compliant with data protection regulations.
UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is reportedly to sign a transatlantic agreement offering the UK Government more clout over the stubborn messaging platforms.
Google has won a landmark case against French regulator Commission nationale de L’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) over the ‘right to be forgotten’ rules.
Facebook needs to get back in the good books of both regulators and the general public sharpish, and it seems it is taking a machete to the developer ecosystem to do so.
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