June 29, 2018 : Proposed amendments to Germany’s GDPR Law A political party has made a request to the country’s Federal Government to amend the Federal Data Protection Act adapting the GDPR. The amendment request calls for the deletion of the requirement to appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO), in cases where more than 10...Read More
July 2, 2018 : Brexit: UK Government seeks Data Protection Agreement with EU: Why do we need a Data Protection Agreement with EU? The UK Government is pushing hard for a data protection agreement with EU member states. Instead of the present Adequacy Decision, a legally-binding agreement would provide transparency to EU citizens and businesses,...Read More
June 30, 2018 : Google and Facebook accused of misleading users Are Facebook and Google users in Europe being duped into sharing more of their personal data than they think? … a new consumer advocacy report from the Norwegian Consumer Council suggests that they are! The Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) has published a 40+ page...Read More
Under the GDPR, the right of Data Erasure enables an EU resident to request that their Personal Data be erased. Such a request is referred to as “Erasure Requests”. The right to Erasure is also known as “The right to be forgotten”. However, it is important to understand that this right is not absolute, and...Read More
Under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law, every EU resident has the right to Data Portability. But what does this actually mean for data controllers? In this post, we answer some of the most frequently asked questions concerning EU residents’ right to Data Portability. What does the ‘Right to Data Portability’ mean under...Read More
22 June, 2018 : Dixons Carphone admits data breach. Dixons Carphone has admitted that a colossal data breach ocurred during a hacking attempt in July last year. The company is investigating the incident, which involves 5.9 million payment cards and 1.2 million personal data records. Dixons Carphone said it had no evidence that any of...Read More
20 May, 2018 : BT fined by ICO for sending marketing emails without consent. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Telecommunications plc (BT) £77,000 after the company was discovered to have sent almost 5 million nuisance emails to its customers. The ICO investigation found that BT had broken the law, by sending direct...Read More
June 12, 2018 : MEPs call to suspend Privacy Shield framework MEPs are calling on the European Commission to suspend the Privacy Shield framework. The Civil Liberties committee has voiced concerns over firms that have misused people’s personal data, following the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data breach. Ministers have drawn attention to the need for improvements in...Read More
12 June 2018 : Yahoo fined for data breach The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Yahoo £250,000 over a data breach, following a cyber attack which occured in 2014. Because the incident pre-dates the GDPR, the ICO’s investigation was carried out under the Data Protection Act 1998. The data breach resulted in the theft...Read More
