Meta Inc. lost the appeal against a decision of the San Marino DPA, which fined the social media for the illicit diffusion of personal data of about 12,700 citizens of San Marino via the social media Facebook. The hack of data happened in 2019, when personal data of about 533m individuals were stolen and published...
The EU Parliament’s Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) will present its draft recommendation to the Commission and EU Council. According to EURACTIV, t is expected to contain a call on the Greek government to ensure the independence of the Greek DPA as regards the so-called “Greek...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published a report on the business value of proper privacy cultures entitled ‘Building better business by responsibly unlocking the value of personal information’. The ICO scope is to encourage the UK small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to check if they have the right data protection practices in place to help sustain...
The class action has been opened based on a late 2022 article published by Gizmodo. According to it, iPhones collect analytics data even when they promise not to. Read the latest update by Gizmodo here
According to an article published on BleepingComputer, PayPal is notifying about 35k users of a possible data breach occurred between 6 and 8 December 2022. The incident has allegedly occurred through bots running loads of credentials on login portals. Read more about the case here, including a sample of the notification PayPal would be sending...
WhatsApp / META has announced that it will appeal the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) announced fine of 5.5 million euros for violations of EU GDPR transparency requirements and for forcing the WhatsApp users to consent to the processing of their data in the Terms of Service. The violations refer to the violation of the...