GDPR

Zoom has responded to criticism of its service after its share price reversed some of the gains seen in early in March.  “We did not design the product with the foresight that, in a matter of weeks, every person in the world would suddenly be working, studying, and socialising from…

Privacy considerations are in danger of getting overlooked as companies rush towards home working, warn privacy experts. Usually, large corporations move slowly. The Covid-19 crisis has come as a shock to us all, but privacy experts fear that in the rush to accommodate the shift to home-working, companies are opening…

Join the webinar on compliant consent management for websites and apps while optimising the opt-in rate. Your Websites and Apps are your Compliance Risk No. 1. Why? Because anyone from outside can easily detect within seconds a) What data is being collected b) Which tools are being fired and, c) How…

As the popularity of video conferencing apps soar, it’s important we remember security and privacy. Even the UK Cabinet is using Zoom now — recently the UK government sent out a photo of a Zoom meeting with the most senior politicians in the land. And now we know a lot…

It seems as though you can’t turn on a news station without hearing about how fast Coronavirus is spreading. It’s become clear that this virus will have a long-lasting impact on the global economy. It’s equally clear that it’s going to have unforeseen impacts as well. One impact that few…

According to the recently-published DLA Piper GDPR Data Breach Survey 2020, more than 160,000 data breach notifications have been reported across Europe since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018. The survey also found that data protection regulators have imposed €114 million in fines under…

The police have an important rule to play in the current coronavirus lockdown.  However their actions must at all times be proportionate, transparent and (above all) lawful. Only yesterday, British Transport Police admitted they had wrongly charged a woman who was … Continue reading → Source link

Deepfake technology is more affordable and accessible than ever. Where they once typically resided in the porn industry, we’ve seen deepfakes now infiltrate other spaces, from politics to popular culture to fraud vectors. A recent example is well-known indie band, The Strokes, appearing as though they are 20-years-old again in…

George Orwell all over again: privacy experts warn that we must not let the provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 become permanent. Difficult times call for extreme remedies, but even so, we must be careful, that was the conclusion from a number of privacy experts we spoke to. On March…

Global  privacy  laws like the CCPA and GDPR have changed the way organisations are responding to data subject and consumer rights requests. With the increased number of data breaches, companies across all industries face increased challenges when asked to respond to consumer requests for personal data. In this session, we’ll…