For a limited time only, tickets to the European Data Protection Summit are available to delegates on a two-for-one basis. Coming to central London this June, conference event will explore the legislative challenges organisations face on evolving data protection landscapes both in the UK and beyond. Experts from a diversity of sectors will share their wisdom […]
GDPR:Report Weekly Rundown
Every week, GDPR:Report presents the top 5 headlines from the week’s news and upcoming events in the data protection industry. This week, Facebook continues to dominate the headlines and the UK Government admits another data breach. The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has warned social media giants that they must enforce tougher controls in order to […]
Irish Data Protection Commissioner issues new guidelines
The Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) in Ireland has implemented new guidelines following confusion in the education system. A number of school officials have admitted they have prevented parents from capturing happy moments at Holy Communions, Confirmations, and Sports Days – all of which being major events for young children – because they believed it to […]
Webinar: Protecting customer privacy while enriching data analytics
Effectively complying with global privacy laws like the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) requires an automated technology solution that is designed to discover and protect sensitive data across a variety of repositories—and, ideally, preserves the business value and availability of that data. DgSecure, an automated, no-coding, policy-based data privacy solution from Dataguise, helps simplify compliance […]
Facebook eliminate dangerous individuals and organisations from network
Facebook officials have decided to ban far-right extremist groups and individuals on a permanent basis because they fall under the “dangerous individuals and organisations” policy. Some of those removed from the social network on Thursday afternoon include the users who had organised and interacted with the groups British National Party (BNP), the English Defence League […]
European Data Protection Summit explores global data protection laws
After more than a year after of GDPR compliance planning and regulatory action, the European Data Protection Summit opens in London to assess our organisations’ positioning on the data protection landscape. Featuring a packed agenda full of engaging keynote talks and panel discussions, the event will be attended by DPOs, business leaders and senior decision-makers. […]
New York launches privacy survey to improve state regulations
On Tuesday, New York State (NYS) customer protection officials launched a data privacy consumer survey to give New Yorkers the chance to give their opinion on current data privacy issues and to influence future policies. The initiative comes as an investigation being led by New York State suggests that Facebook is accessing personal data without […]
UK Government announce third data breach this month
The UK Government has again exposed a number of private emails when sending a press release relating to data protection laws. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) exposed the emails of around 300 journalists on Wednesday afternoon following the news release of the UK introduction of porn age-checks coming into effect this […]
Facebook exploit user data to remain top dog
Documents uncovered by NBC news indicate that Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has been exploiting user data as a means to gain leverage over rivals. These documents include emails, web chats, presentations, spreadsheets and meeting summaries, revealing how Zuckerberg had planned to utilise the data despite insisting that governments need to do more to protect user’s […]
Data Protection World Forum arrives in Singapore
Coming to Singapore Management University on June 11th and 12th, Data Protection World Forum will explore privacy and security within the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) network, and consider the region’s position as legal frameworks evolve. The event will break down challenges that organisations face on domestic and international fronts, as they bid to […]
ICO fines funeral plan firm for unlawful marketing calls
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) wants people to support their elderly relatives or neighbours if they are receiving nuisance marketing calls. The appeal came as a company selling funeral plans was fined £80,000 for making unlawful marketing calls to people who had made it explicitly clear they didn’t want to receive them. The ICO launched an investigation […]
ICO propose to ban likes and streaks for underage users
The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has warned social media giants that they must enforce tougher controls in order to protect the data of users under the age of 18. Facebook has appeared in the news frequently in recent weeks facing reports of data breaches which has raised concerns for the protection of vulnerable users. But […]