The cyber police department of the Ukrainian Police was successful in apprehending suspects in relation to a cybercrime ring. The ring targeted companies with phishing mails spreading ransomware. The ring was involved in laundering crimes too, through multiple online transactions. Find more here

In a letter addressed to members of Congress, US Chamber of Commerce along with other business organizations stressed the need for a federal privacy law in order to protect consumers equally across the nation. Currently the US see multiple state privacy laws with which businesses have comply and adopt related enforcement policies, rendering business operations...

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairperson, Jessica Rosenworcel, issued a Notice regarding enhancing strictness in the Commission’s rules to notify customers and federal law enforcement authorities in case of a data breach. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposes to remove mandatory waiting period and mandating notifying in cases of inadvertent breaches among other...

The UK Government published a research report concerning Artificial Intelligence (AI) activity in the UK. According to the report, businesses in the UK invested around 63 billion pounds on AI in 2020. The report is very interesting in that it offers analysis of various aspects related to the use and implementation of AI, till year...

The decision comes at the end of a proceeding initiated by a complaint filed by NOYB, the Austrian NGO co-founded by Maximillian Schrems. According to the Austrian DPA, data collected via Google Analytics and stored and further processed by Google violate EU law since US authorities might access it. Schrems, the honorary chairman of NOYB,...

In the judgment Ekimdzhiev and Others v. Bulgaria, the European Court of Human Rights held that Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) is violated by the Bulgarian law Special Surveillance Means Act 1997. The reasons outlined by the Court are lack of appropriate judicial oversight in issuing warrants, lack of clear...

While the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) has dealt with many data protection risks pointed by European Data Protection Supervisor in the past, the primary concern regarding storing of personal data pursuant to Europol regulations remains somewhat amiss. In light of this, the EDPS has ordered a six-month retention period within which...