This week’s news from the ICDPPC in Tirana: How global collaboration helps the UK, a blog post from Elizabeth Denham. Elizabeth Denham’s opening speech from ICDPPC. The conference passed several resolutions: Resolution on the Conference’s strategic direction (2019-21). Resolution on the promotion of new and long-term practical instruments and continued legal efforts for effective cooperation in cross-border enforcement. International resolution …
In the news this week: Article 82 – specifically related to non-material compensation: Following a SAR, Salisbury man receives £1,500 following his medical records being accessed and shared without his consent. Austrian lawyer receives €800 for special category data processing without consent or lawful basis – finds Court of Feldkirch (Austria) Romania’s DPA (ANSPDCP) has fined Raiffeisen Bank and local …
In the news this week: Fieldfisher review the latest CJEU decisions. GDPR review comments from 19 EU member states. Google to address ad frequency with machine learning when cookies aren’t available. How Photos of Your Kids Are Powering Surveillance Technology – MegaFace the benchmark for testing every facial recognition product. CCPA California Attorney General Xavier Becerra released advance copies of the much awaited …
The FBI has updated its advice to companies to be more understanding when companies decide to pay their attackers for the key. The updated advice says it does not advocate the payment of ransoms, but understands that a company faced with no alternative to recreating their data are in a difficult position. It is essentially …
Historically, Third Party Assurance meant evaluating the financial resilience of an organisation to determine whether they were viable enough to deliver what you needed. Today, the Third-Party Assurance landscape has moved on significantly. Like the expanding Universe, Third Party Assurance regulation, legislation and requirements seem to be accelerating. Anti-money laundering, Bribery and Corruption, Modern Slavery, …
In the news this week: Significant decision by the Court of Appeal overturning Lloyd V Google finding that personal data has an economic value and loss of control of that data is a violation of the right to privacy. It also re-opens the door to class actions in the UK which could be more impactful than ICO fines. …
