EU Privacy Regulators Expected to Raise Fines Under GDPR Data Protection Rules January 22, 2020 By Stephanie Bodoni European Union privacy regulators are gearing up to make full use of expanded powers under new data protection rules, according...
Massachusetts Auditor Says Revenue Department Needs to Better Protect Data December 24, 2019 The Massachusetts Department of Revenue needs to do more to protect the security of taxpayer and business data, the state...
No-Deal Brexit Could Endanger Billions of Data Transfers; Some Firms Move Data Centers October 11, 2019 By Thomas Pfeiffer and Thomas Seal If Britain hasn’t secured a deal to leave the European Union as the clock ticks past 11 p.m. on Oct....
EU’s Landmark Data Privacy Law, GDPR, Already Providing Global Standard May 23, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee A landmark European privacy law is making waves worldwide a year after it came into force, fundamentally changing the way...
Unpicking the Complicated Finances of UK Insurance Exec, Pro-Brexit Donor Banks February 25, 2019 By Tom Metcalf and Stephanie Baker Ever since Brexit supporter Arron Banks made the largest political donation in British history he’s been dogged by questions about...
MGA Coalition Covers Firms with Cyber Exposure Under EU’s Data Privacy Law February 20, 2019 Coalition, the San Francisco-based managing general agency that specializes in cyber insurance for small and mid-sized businesses, announced it is...
UK’s Eldon Insurance, Owned by Brexit Donor Banks, Fined for Data Misuse February 1, 2019 By Christopher Elser The U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office fined Brexit supporting campaign Leave.EU and a linked insurance company 120,000 pounds ($156,000) for serious...
Singapore Data Leak of Records of 14,200 HIV Patients Blamed on U.S. Citizen January 29, 2019 By Saket Sundria Records of as many as 14,200 people with HIV and their 2,400 contacts have been “illegally disclosed online”, Singapore’s health...
Irish Data Regulator Probes Twitter over Privacy Rules Breach January 28, 2019 Twitter’s lead regulator in the European Union, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC), said on Friday it was investigating the...
France Fines Google $57M for Breaching EU’s Data Privacy Rules Under GDPR January 23, 2019 By Mathieu Rosemain France’s data protection watchdog fined Alphabet’s Google 50 million euros ($57 million) on Monday [Jan. 21] for breaching European Union...