Denmark’s data protection authority Datatilsynet is reporting the municipality of Lejre to the police for failing to provide an appropriate level of computer security. After the council reported a breach of personal data, Datatilsynet says it became aware the municipality’s children and young people department included information of a particularly sensitive and protective nature of […]
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NTT Global Data Centers settles privacy case with FTC
Secure data centre operator NTT Global Data Centers has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US over allegations it beached rules governing the Privacy Shield programme. This allows transfer of data from European Union countries to the United States in compliance with EU law. The FTC claims the NTT business […]
EC launches public consultation on cybersecurity
The European Commission (EC) is seeking the views of interested parties on its 2016 directive which called for a high level of security for network and information systems across the trading bloc. The review will include assessing whether cybersecurity has improved across the EU, identifying existing and emerging issues, and quantifying regulatory costs and benefits. […]
Okta calls for transparency in today’s data world
Technology security company Okta says organisations must embrace transparency and help customers understand how their data is being used. “Consumers deserve to have control over their data, but at the same time, data is often essential to building new technologies and serving the common good.” The San Francisco-headquartered company, which enables organisations to protect the […]
NTT reveals more clients may be impacted by data breaches
Japanese information and communications technology company NTT says it is possible a further 271 customers have been affected by information leaks. Along with announcing a month ago hackers may have stolen data from 621 clients, the group began an internal investigation into unauthorised access to the construction information management server in Japan. The company uses […]
More than half of organisations subject to GDPR collect more data than the regulation permits, a study has found
A Data Risk and Security report released by the security software company Netwrix has revealed that companies are failing to follow GDPR and security best practices. The survey of just over a thousand respondents revealed that security professionals are often bypassing many of the six stages of the data lifecycle. While security issues are mitigated […]
EU law enforcement officials join US critics in lobbying for law enforcement exception in GDPR
The two-year dispute over US law enforcement interests and EU’s privacy laws could erupt in mid-July as the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) decide if EU-US data transfers are legal. GDPR critics, including European law enforcement authorities, have ramped up their criticism of the EU’s lack of clarity when it comes to […]
South Africa’s privacy law takes effect
The bulk of South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Act (2013) became law on 1 July after a seven-year build up. The long lead in was so that proposed innovations in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could be considered and to give the South Africa Information Regulator (SAIR) time to develop operational capabilities, […]
German health insurer fined for data breach
The commissioner for data protection and freedom of information in Baden-Wuerttemberg, southwestern Germany, has levied a €1.24m ($1.40m) fine on a local health insurer. The case arose from the way AOK Baden-Wuerttemberg handled data from participants in sweepstakes organised between 2015 and 2019. The information collected was used for advertising purposes, provided participants had given […]
Comcast claims internet privacy first
US technology company Comcast says it has become the first internet service provider (ISP) to provide Firefox users with a private and secure encrypted domain name system (DNS). The services will be run through the trusted recursive resolver (TRR) program run by Mozilla, maker of the Firefox browser. “Bringing ISPs into the TRR program helps […]