The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) press release underlines that it supports the actions taken by the Irish, Italian and Spanish Supervisory Authorities (SAs) following TikTok’s announcement that it would no longer seek users’ consent to send personalised advertisements, but that the legal basis for this would be the legitimate interest of TikTok and its partners....
The US State of Florida has adopted a Law that prohibits State Agencies to pay for ransomware and requires them to report incidents to the State’s Cybersecurity Operations Center (“CSOC”), the Cybercrime Office of the Department of Law Enforcement and local sheriff within 12 hours from the discovery. The Act previously required reporting of certain...
The cybercriminals group BlackHat has claimed ransomware attacks against Creos, an energy network operator, and the supplier Enovos in the night of July 22. Both companies are under the Encevo Group, an energy corporation owned by the government of Luxembourg and several other companies, including China Southern Power Grid International. Creos helps run the country’s electricity...
Hive cybercriminal group started operating in June 2021 and has reportedly breached more than 350 organizations just in the past four months. Among their main targets are healthcare and education organizations. Among its victims are now the Wootton Upper School and Kimberley College — both owned by Wootton Academy Trust in Bedfordshire – in England....
The Agencia espanola de proteccion de datos (AEPD) has published an assessment on the use of biometric data from a privacy perspective. The DPA underlines that biometric data operations will have a different degree of intrusiveness and impact on the privacy of individuals depending on the technique used and other factors, therefore the impact assessment...
The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of 1.1 million euros on Volkswagen in accordance with Article 83 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The reason is data protection violations in connection with the use of a service provider for research trips for a driver assistance system to...
Politico reports that an unexpected effect of the struggle on the Northern Ireland protocol related to Brexit, the European Commission has banned any official coordination with British officials on key digital policy issues like policing online content, hobbling the dominance of Big Tech companies, and protecting people’s online data. This involves any exchange of documents...
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