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Twitter may not meet EU GDPR requirements
TechCrunch treported that Twitter may not meet EU General Data Protection Regulation requirements to claim Ireland as its main...
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Jan 18, 20231 min read


Dutch DPA reports cloud storage policy contains privacy risks
Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, the Dutch data protection authority, addressed a plan on storing government data in commercial cloud...
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Jan 10, 20231 min read


Holiday tech devices further commercial surveillance
Gizmodo reported that shopping for devices during this holiday season may lead to personal data leak. 75 of the most popular gifts...
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Jan 5, 20231 min read


Twitter appoints acting data protection officer
Tech Crunch reports that Twitter appoints Renato Monteiro as its acting data protection officer. Twitter is required to have a DPO under...
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Dec 30, 20221 min read


Privacy concerns raised due to World Cup tracking apps
The tracking apps administered by the Qatari government for World Cup attendees are issuing warnings for they are taking up much more...
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Dec 29, 20221 min read


Meta discloses updates on teen privacy
New privacy updates for teens were introduced on Facebook and Instagram by Meta. TechCrunch reported default privacy settings on Facebook...
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Dec 21, 20221 min read


INE fined 4.3 million euros by the National Data Protection Commission for violating the Census
The National Statistics Institution (INE) violated the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) within the scope of the Census 2021...
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Dec 14, 20221 min read


Meta was accused of tracking iPhone users
Meta was sued for the pursuit and gathering of personal data from iPhone users. It is charged for violating the ATT (Apple’s App Tracking...
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Dec 5, 20221 min read


Airlines are seeking higher quality data privacy regulations
Since the pandemic, data privacy become one of the major issues on the airline ecosystem. The laws vary from country to country, but...
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Nov 30, 20221 min read


CNPD applies first fine for failure to nominate a data protection officer
CNPD applies a fine of 170 thousand euros and two reprimands to the Municipality of Setúbal regarding the processing of data on Ukrainian...
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Nov 18, 20221 min read


UN report’s on threats to global digital privacy and human rights
A report on “The right to privacy in the digital age” was issued by the UN’s Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights. Three...
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Nov 16, 20221 min read


ICO could impose TikTok a 27M GBP fine
A potential fine of 27 million GBP for data protection violations for TikTok was announced by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office...
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Nov 11, 20221 min read


Bairro Alto with renewed video surveillance until 2025
Diário da República published three days ago that the authorization for the video surveillance system in Bairro Alto, Lisbon, was renewed...
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Nov 7, 20221 min read


Google Analytics reviewed by Danish DPA
Following the decisions from other European Data Protection Authorities like Austria, France and Italy, Denmark’s data protection...
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Nov 4, 20221 min read


StayAway COVID app unavailable
The app that was launched in September 2020 to detect positive coronavirus cases is unavailable. Due to the progress of the pandemic...
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Oct 31, 20221 min read


525k euro fine imposed by Berlin’s DPA
A 525,000 euro fine was imposed to a subsidiary Berlin-based retail group by the Berlin Commissioner for violating the data protection...
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Oct 27, 20221 min read


Automotive industry report published by Germany’s BSI
The Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik, Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security, published the second edition...
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Oct 23, 20221 min read


Play Store Apps are less safe with revised data privacy policy
On July 20, 2022, Google published revised app submission guidelines. The responsibility relies now only in the developers who are...
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Oct 18, 20221 min read


European Commission sued for violating European data protection rules
Euractiv reported that a German citizen brought a lawsuit against the European Commission. The Commission was alleged to illegally...
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Oct 13, 20221 min read


Social media apps have a wide variety of child safety levels
Fairplay research found that social media platforms, such as Instagram, Tiktok and WhatsApp, don’t offer the same level of child safety...
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Oct 9, 20221 min read
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