The Berlin DPA (Berliner Beauftragten für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit) has published a concise guideline on international data transfers relating to Art. 44 and following of the EU GDPR. The guideline notes that personal data may only be processed if there is a permit for this in the law. If personal data is to be transferred...
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has just released its 2021 Annual Report 2021. One of the key topics of the Report are international data transfers and in fact in 2021 the EDPB adopted updated recommendations as a consequence of the Court of Justice of the European Union’s decision in the so-called Schrems II case....
The Italian Computer Security Incident Response Team has released an overview of the recent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks that occurred starting from 11 May this year. First of all, the type of DDOS attacks used is identified, in particular the “Slow HTTP” attack, then the operating technique of this attack is described and...
UNICEF invited governments and companies to pilot test UNICEF’s Policy Guidance on AI for Children and openly share the outcome of the trial. Scope of the pilot testing is to improve the Guidance and inspire others to implement more child-centred AI. Four key insights emerged from this piloting initiative. UNICEF has published the individual findings from...
The French DPA (CNIL – Commission nationale de l’informatique ed des libertes) has published its annual report for 2021 which contains some useful information and figures on complaints, investigations and sanctions as well as standards of references issued by the DPA in relation to specific processing activities. CNIL has reiterated its mandate as renewal of...
Dis-Chem, a pharmaceutical retail giant from South African has been hit by a cyber attack through a third-party service provider, leading to the hacking of data of over 3.6 million South Africans. Dis-Chem has made relevant notifications in accordance with the South African Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA). Read more on ITWeb here.
Reuters reports that the Japanese Parliament on Wednesday has adopted a law to protect national sensitive technology and critical supply chains. The law will also authorise closer oversight of Japanese authorities over sensitive sectors and critical infrastructures. The law follows similar measure adopted in the US last fall. Continue reading here.
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