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.
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Apple blocks Facebook app that collected data about teenagers
It doesn't stop for Facebook. Last Tuesday it appeared that Facebook users - some of them under the age of 18 ...
“Emerging markets digitally score their best on maturity.
Many digital transformation programmes are still in their infancy in organisations, according to the Dell Tech...
U.S. court rejects Yahoo’s settlement proposal
An American judge has rejected Yahoo's proposed settlement around the data breaches in 2013 and 2014. This lea...
FaceTime bug enables eavesdropping before it’s recorded
Users have discovered a bug in Apples FaceTime. That app makes it possible for users to make video calls with ...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants global GDPR
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, would like to see a global GDPR in the near future. That's what Microsoft's h...
Nearly one hundred thousand complaints about data leaks since importation GDPR
Since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force on 25 May 2018, more than 95,000 complaint...
Google appeals against high GDPR fine
Google received the highest GDPR-related fine so far earlier this month. The company had to pay no less than f...
Google is fined 50 million euros for GDPR violation
Today, Google was fined €50 million by the French privacy watchdog. The company was in violation of the ...
“FTC imposes Facebook record fine for privacy scandals.
The Federal Trade Commission is currently investigating Facebook. Above all, the FTC checks whether Facebook h...
Unprotected MongoDB instance leaks millions of CVs
A security researcher named Bob Diachenko of Hacken.io has found a publically insightful MongoDB instance with...