The European Parliament has voted to widen the European Police Agency (EUROPOL) powers to collect and process personal data obtained from tech companies, including telecoms and internet suppliers and social media, and to also collect and analyse data from countries outside the EU. The proposal related to this power expansion give EUROPOL the possibility to develop...
According to the leading wire service in Italy, the Ansa, hackers had hit two Milan hospitals on Sunday 1 May and Monday 2 May. As a result of these attacks, the IT systems of the hospitals are down and they will have to restrict access to ERs and laboratory services Monday and Tuesday. Read more...
The Court of Appeals in Civil matters of the City of Buenos Aires (“Court of Appeals”) condemned several important radio, television, and digital media companies for infringing an individual’s privacy rights by broadcasting his images obtained in the context of a private meeting. Learn more o the cases in this article written by the PrivacyRules...
Privacy legislation is once again the topic of public discourse in Australia as the Federal Government has undertaken a broad review of its Privacy legislation. The Government has proposed major reforms that could substantially alter the regulatory landscape – especially within the online privacy space. Learn more in this article by Kelly Dickson, from the...
The Municipality of Reykjavík has been fined nearly EUR 36,000 for violation of the GDPR. In April 2021 the Icelandic Supervisory Authority (SA) was notified that one of Reykjavík’s elementary schools was obtaining consent from parents for processing of personal data of students using the Seesaw educational system, which is an American cloud-based service. The...
According to TechCrunch, a healthcare startup named myNurse, will shut down at the end of May due to a data breach exposing its users’ personal data.The breach was discovered on March 7 and consisted of an unauthorized individual accessing the app’s data. Demographic, health, and financial information were accessed, including medical histories, diagnoses, lab test...
The Brazilian DPA (Autoridade Nacional de Proteção de Dados – ANPD), has published a study on the use of personal data for research purposes. The study seeks to establish parameters that can help and guide both teaching and research institutions that process personal data and public entities and bodies responsible for analysing access requests and...
EKZ Bibliotheksservice, one of the largest library services in Germany, has suffered a ransomware attack blocking eBooks, audio books, and electronic magazines. The public cannot order books and other materials from EKZ presently. The LockBit criminals have announced to have published EKZ stolen data on the dark web, presumably as the ransomware hasn’t been paid. ...
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