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Irish regulators have launched separate inquiries into Google and dating app Tinder over how they process user data, in a new round of regulatory scrutiny aimed at tech companies. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said Tuesday that it decided to look into how Google handles location data after a number of consumer groups across the European Union filed complaints.
The UK Data Protection Regulator has issued a monetary penalty of £500,000 against Dixon Carphone for what it describes as "Multiple, systemic and serious inadequacies" in the firm's security posture. This allowed Dixons to argue that the PAN was not personal data, and that this aspect of the breach was consequently not subject to the personal data focus of the data protection laws.
$11 Million Fine for Authentication Shortcomings at Telecommunications ProviderOne of the largest fines to date for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has been announced by...
$11 Million Fine for Authentication Shortcomings at Telecommunications ProviderOne of the largest fines to date for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation has been announced by...
U.S. communications regulators have cut off government funding for equipment from two Chinese companies, citing security threats. read more
EU data watchdogs are yet again sniffing at Windows 10.
Marriott International says it will fight a large fine resulting from a massive data breach that was discovered in 2018. read more
Half a million records lost? £183m GDPR fine lined up The UK Information Commissioner's Office has warned BA it faces a whopping £183.39m following the theft of million customer records from its...
The UK regulator for data protection and privacy (the Information Commissioner's Office -- ICO) has published a report on its ongoing investigation into the adtech and real-time bidding (RTB)...
Pressure Mounts on Title Company That Exposed 885 Million Records OnlineFirst American Mortgage Corp., the title insurance company that left hundreds of millions of personal documents exposed on...