data protection
Meta’s €1.2bn fine for breaching GDPR could have a big impact on EU-US data transfers
Meta has been issued with a record €1.2bn fine by the for breaching GDPR by transferring data on European users…
UK government school attendance data sharing plan raises privacy concerns
Department for Education (DfE) plans to collect data on children's school attendance and potentially share it with third parties and…
How New Zealand’s Māori people are fighting for their data sovereignty
Empire has had many legacies in New Zealand. For the Māori, it has been one of exclusion. The arrival of…
Privacy actives: One in three consumers switch suppliers over data practices
A third of consumers care enough about privacy to ditch a service provider in response to its data protection practices,…
European Organisations Should “Carefully Consider” Microsoft Purchases: Data Protection Watchdog
Microsoft had carte blanche to unilaterally change the rules on how it collected data on 45,000+ European officials, the EU's…
ICO Vows “Reasonable and Pragmatic” Flexibility on Data Protection, During Outbreak
The UK’s data watchdog has acknowledged that COVID-19 is causing massive disruption to the way organisations are operating, and suggested…
Google Fined, Clashes with Data Protection Authority over Right to Be Forgotten
The Swedish data protection authority (DPA) has hit Google with a £6.1 million (75 million krona) GDPR fine for "right…
GDPR Fines: Legal Consistency “Years Away” as Penalties Hit €114 Million
European data protection regulators have dished out over €114 million in GDPR fines since the regulation came into force in…
ICO Shows Teeth, Slaps Facebook with Record Fine, Demands Audits Galore
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has slapped Facebook with a £500,000 fine "for lack of transparency and security issues",…
Smart storage: why you should think about backing up
Today, everything we do is converted to data. Lots of it. And with Seagate and IDC finding that by 2025,…