Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
Europe’s GDPR needs to be overhauled, says its chief architect
The woman who led the development of the wide-ranging law now says it badly needs rewriting. Former EU jus...
Android apps exposed millions of users through misconfigurations
Researchers analyzing Android apps have found profoundly worrying cloud misconfigurations that expose the dat...
European Parliament votes for infringement procedure against Ireland
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution calling on the European Commission to open an inf...
What does Europe’s digital future look like?
The future is hard if not impossible to predict, but it is interesting to think about it and discuss it with ...
Google focuses on “sustainability” in managing DC workloads
The company will leverage its new computing platform as a way to "decarbonize" their electrical consumption ...
France approves Google and Microsoft cloud for sensitive data
French ministers agree that collaborating with the Americans may be a good thing for France. The French go...
US investment in European startups hits a high water mark
US investors have pumped €10 billion into European startups in 2021 alone Interest from US VCs in Europe...
Irish health services offline after ransomware attack
The Irish government has taken the Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) IT systems offline following a cybe...
DarkSide hacker group says it will disband
DarkSide, a hacker group that has been in the news several times in recent weeks because of ransomware attack...
European subsidiary of Toshiba hit by ransomware attack
Toshiba Tec France Imaging Systems has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The company is a subsidiary of T...