While yet to be adopted, it is useful to some of the key goals of the EU Digital Services Act which aims at ensuring a safe and accountable online environment. On the related website, we can read that for the first time a common set of rules on intermediaries’ obligations and accountability across the single...
The Washington Post publishes an interesting article on the privacy concerns after the Supreme Court decision overturning the Roe vs. Wade precedent which established the right to abortion in the US. The Post speculates that menstrual-tracking apps might provide data which could also be used to identify possible abortions, with clear privacy concerns. Read the Washington...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of Philippe Dufresne as Privacy Commissioner of Canada, who will start to serve in his new post on 27 June 2022. Earlier he served as Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel to the House of Commons.
Following others, also the Italian DPA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) came to the conclusion that Google Analytics do not offer the safeguards set out in the GDPR and the transfer of data to the US is illegit as the US legislation does not currently offer adequate data protection. In its release, the...
Europol announces that a across-border operation, supported by Europol and involving the Belgian Police (Police Fédérale/Federale Politie) and the Dutch Police (Politie), resulted in the dismantling of an organised crime group involved in phishing, fraud, scams and money laundering. The criminal group contacted victims by email, text message and through mobile messaging applications. These messages were...
African ShopRite supermarket chain, the largest in Africa, issued a statement to inform that it suffered a ransomware attack that endangered the personal data of customers and users across Eswatini, Namibia and Zambia. The data compromise included names and ID numbers, but allegedly no financial information. The hackers gang RansomHouse has claimed responsibility for the...
Crystel Saraie published an analysis of the five most diffused cyber attacks of these past weeks on Cyber Security Hub. The attacks have made it up on international media, namely: Hive, AlphV – Black Cat, Lapsus$, Conti, and LockBit. Read this interesting article here.
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