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SoftServe supports delivery and management of Google Cloud solutions in UK and Ireland
2021-03-16 01:15

SoftServe has become an official Google Cloud reseller in the delivery and management of Google Cloud solutions. With this designation, SoftServe can support end-to-end delivery and management of Google Cloud solutions, from application development to cost control, in guiding its UK&I clients through the complex landscape of public cloud resource management.

Twitter scores a first for big tech after being fined €450,000 by Ireland's data watchdog for violating the EU's GDPR
2020-12-15 18:59

Ireland's Data Protection Commission has fined Twitter €450,000 after ruling a bug in the firm's Android app that allowed users' private messages to be publicly viewed infringed the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. "The DPC's investigation commenced in January, 2019 following receipt of a breach notification from Twitter and the DPC has found that Twitter infringed Article 33(1) and 33(5) of the GDPR in terms of a failure to notify the breach on time to the DPC and a failure to adequately document the breach. The DPC has imposed an administrative fine of €450,000 on Twitter as an effective, proportionate and dissuasive measure" the DPC said.

'You've got the old cheeky Corona': Ireland's pandemic advice SMS service can be spoofed, warns researcher
2020-10-12 16:21

Ireland's efforts to keep residents informed about coronavirus has fallen foul of the same basic SMS vulnerability that one of their British neighbours experienced back in March. Lulzsec-bod-turned-security-consultant Jake Davis reckoned the Irish government is using an SMS sender name that is vulnerable to spoofing - a process that is simple and straightforward, not that we're going to explain how it's done.

Ireland unfriends Facebook: Oh Zucky Boy, the pipes, the pipes are closing…from glen to US, and through the EU-side
2020-09-10 11:25

Facebook has been reportedly asked to stop sending data from Ireland to the US, on orders from the EU. This is according to a report from the Wall Street Journal, which said that Irish eyes won't be smiling come this Fall after a preliminary order to suspend data transfers to the US about its users was sent to Mark Zuckerberg's firm by the Irish Data Protection Commission. The news comes in the wake of an EU court ruling two months ago that transatlantic data protection arrangements - known as Privacy Shield - were "Inadequate".

Ireland's Privacy Watchdog Probing Google's Data Use
2020-02-05 18:03

Ireland's Data Protection Commission is launching an investigation into how Google uses customer data for its location services after the privacy watchdog received numerous complaints from consumer rights organizations across the European Union. The watchdog announced Tuesday that it has initiated an investigation into how Google's Ireland subsidiary, Google Ireland Limited, processes its customer location data and if the company is following rules and guidelines in accordance with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation.

Ireland-Based Admin of Silk Road Marketplace Sentenced to Prison
2019-07-26 17:14

An Irish man was sentenced to prison this week for his role in running the online black market Silk Road, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.  read more

Ireland Assessing Minors' Profiles on Instagram
2019-07-22 16:33

Data Scientist Files Reports With European RegulatorsIreland's Data Protection Commission says it is "assessing" a report concerning minors who have business profiles on Instagram that may expose...

Wide of the net: Football Association of Ireland says player, manager data safe after breach
2019-07-05 15:44

It was a game of two halves The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) has confirmed it suffered a security breach of its payroll systems, which was discovered last month, saying no staff data had...

Cobalt Iron partners with Melius Group to bring SaaS enterprise backup solution to UK and Ireland
2019-04-28 23:00

Cobalt Iron and Melius Group announced a reseller/cloud service provider agreement. Under the terms of the contract, Melius Group will represent Cobalt Iron’s Adaptive Data Protection (ADP) SaaS...

New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
2019-04-27 10:48

Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner. Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to...