Microsoft withdraws large facial recognition database from the Internet
Microsoft quietly removed a facial recognition database from the Internet this week, reports Silicon Angle. The database, MS Celeb, at some point contained 10 million images of about 100,000 people. That would make it the largest facial recognition database.
The intention was that the database sho... Read more
‘2.3 billion data files leaked online since GDPR import’.
According to security company Digital Shadows, no less than 2.3 billion data files have been leaked since the introduction of the European privacy law GDPR. The files include login details for business IT systems, customer passport details, bank details and medical information.
As a result, the num... Read more
Personal Data Authority received 20,000 privacy complaints in first year after GDPR
In the first year after the introduction of the European Privacy Act (GDPR), the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) received almost 20,000 complaints about possible breaches of privacy. In the first five months of this year, the watchdog also received almost 8,000 reports of data breaches, writes... Read more
Research: ‘GDPR has changed data management practices little’.
According to research by data protection company Varonis Systems, the European privacy legislation GDPR has changed little about data management practices in the first year. For example, the average large company leaves about 17 percent of its sensitive files open to every employee.
Varonis conclude... Read more
Tax and Customs Administration still does not comply with GDPR Privacy Act
One year after the introduction of the European Privacy Act, the Tax and Customs Administration reports that GDPR has still not complied with the Act. The organization states that the storage of old personal data in particular remains problematic.
Much of this obsolete information should be deleted ... Read more
Citrix: Enthusiasm about GDPR still far to be found
Dutch employees are not yet enthusiastic about working with the GDPR privacy regulations introduced in May 2018, according to Citrix in a study. In some cases, they even find the privacy regulations harmful and restrictive for their work.
Despite the fact that the GDPR has been active for more than... Read more
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 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of the European Union. The way in which new Android devices were activated was problematic.
CNIL, the French privacy watchdog, states that Google di... Read more
Several popular apps share detailed information with Facebook.
Various apps, including TripAdvisor and MyFitnessPal, share information with Facebook without the user's explicit consent. In some cases, the apps share data with the social network as soon as they open. Among the submitted data there is also a unique identifier with which Facebook knows exactly whi... Read more
EU assesses compliance of Licensed buttons with GDPR
The European Court of Justice is discussing enforcing shared data protection responsibilities on websites that implement widgets that collect data. These include the Facebook Like buttons. That's what ITPro reports.
A built-in Like button, as well as other regularly implemented widgets, can collect... Read more
Personal Data Authority received nearly 10,000 complaints about GDPR violations
The number of privacy complaints filed since the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force is high. Nearly ten thousand people have filed a complaint with the Personal Data Authority (AP). The regulator reports this today in an extensive report on the first few months of GDP... Read more