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Companies still unprepared for GDPR rule changes and potential EU data breaches
2019-09-16 14:55

A new survey finds many companies are still in the dark about GDPR compliance.

More than a year after GDPR implementation, half of UK businesses are not fully compliant
2019-09-12 04:30

52% of UK businesses are not fully compliant with the regulation, more than a year after its implementation, according to a survey of UK GDPR decision-makers conducted on behalf of Egress. The...

Swedish GDPR Fine Highlights Legal Challenges in Use of Biometrics
2019-09-09 15:46

A small fine of $20,000 in Sweden highlights a potential problem for the use of biometrics in security throughout Europe, including American firms with offices in Europe. read more

Brave accuses Google of sidestepping GDPR
2019-09-09 10:24

A senior executive at private browser company Brave has accused Google of using a workaround that lets it identify users to ad networks.

Brave accuses Google of trampling Europe's GDPR with stealthy netizen-stalking adverts
2019-09-04 21:13

Our ads? Stomping on people's privacy? Never! Not us! sobs search giant Brave, the maker of a Chromium-based browser with a focus on privacy, claims advertising giant Google flouts Europe's data...

Facial Recognition Use Triggers GDPR Fine
2019-08-28 18:48

Sweden Issues Penalty After School Tests the TechnologySweden's Data Protection Authority has issued its first fine for violations of the European Union's General Data Protection regulation after...

When will the GDPR pot boil over? It’s sooner (and different) than you think
2019-08-21 05:15

There’s an old saying that a watched pot never boils. In reality, the sauce in that pot is heating up in a way we can’t quite see yet. After the major compliance ramp by companies in 2018, a lot...

Exploiting GDPR to Get Private Information
2019-08-13 11:17

A researcher abused the GDPR to get information on his fiancee: It is one of the first tests of its kind to exploit the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in May...

GDPR privacy can be defeated using right of access requests
2019-08-12 11:07

A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - right of access requests.

Talk about unintended consequences: GDPR is an identity thief's dream ticket to Europeans' data
2019-08-09 08:15

Revenge plan morphs into data leak discovery Black Hat When Europe introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) it was supposed to be a major step forward in data safety, but sloppy...