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
1Password raises $620 million in latest funding round
The company now has a total valuation of $6.8 billion. This week 1Password announced it has closed a $620 ...
Mirantis Secure Registry 3.0 makes repositories more secure and encrypted
Docker's software supply chain becomes more secure by providing a secure container registry to mitigate inher...
Europe’s global tax reform plans could be thwarted by Estonia, Poland, and Hungary
The EU had all but completed plans to introduce a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15%. The plan was to i...
Ericsson sues Apple for infringing upon multiple 5G patents
Ericsson is suing Apple for the infringement of multiple patents. According to the complaint, Apple unlawfull...
Microsoft acquires Activision Blizzard for 61 billion euros
Microsoft is acquiring Activision Blizzard for 69 billion dollars (61 billion euros), the largest acquisition...
Fines for breaches of EU privacy law jump to $1.2 billion
Study shows a seven fold increase, with Big Tech firms paying most of the money Fines for violations of th...
France gets its 25th tech unicorn, reaching Macron’s goal early
France announces its 25th privately owned startup valued over $1 billion reaching government set goals three ...
Safari 15 leaks user’s identity and website history
A bug discovered in Apple’s browser, Safari, can leak users’ identity and website history. The vulnerabil...
European Parliament is found to have broken EU’s own Privacy rules
EDPS sanctions the European Parliament for illegal EU-US data transfers - among other violations The Europ...
5G frequencies will not interfere with airlines
US aviation is concerned with the impact of 5G frequencies as the UK negates any adverse effects. Accordin...