The government has conceded that it launched an England-wide Test and Trace program without completing the expected privacy checks. The scheme has been running since the end of May without a Data ...

The UK government has failed to meet a crucial General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requirement in its COVID-19 Test and Trace program, putting people’s privacy rights at risk, according to the ...

With Facebook investigating how a software flaw exposed the accounts of some 50 million of its users, European regulators are already asking for answers and gearing up for possible legal action ...

The UK’s data protection regulator has made scores of urgent recommendations to the Department for Education (DfE) after an audit revealed it is failing to meet legal obligations enshrined in the GDPR ...

Real-Time Bidding would appear to be guilty as charged. That seems to the takeaway from yesterday's closed-door session at the ICO. It was supposed to have been under Charter House Rules, meaning that ...

The Radisson Hotel Group notified loyalty members of a data breach in over a month, not the 72 hours required by the GDPR. This could turn out to be a GDPR test case, observers say.

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The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) significantly expanded the territorial scope of EU data protection law. This was intended to ensure comprehensive protection for EU data subjects’ rights ...

Amazon reportedly faces a fine of more than $425 million under the GDPR that would show EU regulators firmly have Big Tech companies—and their practices—in their crosshairs.

Google will not make FLoC-based cohorts available for testing in countries where GDPR and the ePrivacy Directive are in effect. In other words, no FLoCs in Europe. At ...

On 26 July 2022, the Lower Saxony data protection authority ("Lower Saxony DPA") announced that it has imposed a fine of 1.1 million euros on Volkswagen ("VW") due to GDPR violations. It found that VW ...

Even though 88% of businesses spend over €1 million on GDPR compliance and 40% invest up to €10 million, 80% of their employees still ignore basic password security practices. The formal risk is ...