Re/Insurers Need a Data Strategy to Build Underwriting Transformation Programs October 20, 2021 By Sachin Kulkarni Years of low interest rates and burgeoning catastrophe losses have accelerated the hardening of the reinsurance market, as the January...
Amazon Appeals Record $865M Fine for Violation of EU Data Protection Rules October 19, 2021 By Stephanie Bodoni Amazon.com Inc. appealed a record 746 million-euro ($865 million) penalty for allegedly violating the European Union’s tough data-protection rules. The...
Facebook’s WhatsApp to Appeal Ireland’s €225 Million Data Privacy Fine September 3, 2021 By Conor Humphries Ireland hit Facebook’s WhatsApp with a record 225 million euro ($266 million) fine on Thursday following an inquiry into the...
Amazon Slapped with Record Fine for Violating EU Data Privacy Rules August 3, 2021 Amazon.com Inc has been hit with a record $886.6 million (746 million euros) European Union fine for processing personal data...
EU Permits Free Flow of Data with UK to Avoid Violations of Its Strict Privacy Rules June 29, 2021 By Stephanie Bodoni The European Union gave its formal blessing to a decision guaranteeing the free flow of data between the bloc and...
Irish Patient Data May Have Been Posted on Dark Web After Cyber Attack: Minister Says May 20, 2021 By Peter Flanagan Reports of Irish patient data posted online after a cyber attack on Ireland’s health service appear to be accurate, a...
Cyber Attacks and Data Loss Are Top 2 Risks Facing Directors & Officers: WTW Survey April 23, 2021 By L.S. Howard Cyber attacks and data loss are the top two risks facing directors & officers, with pandemic-related changes in working practices...
European Union Institutions Targeted in Major Cyber Attack April 7, 2021 By Alberto Nardelli and Natalia Drozdiak A range of European Union institutions including the European Commission were hit by a significant cyber attack last week. A...
French Privacy Watchdog Probes Massive Leak of Sensitive Health Data February 24, 2021 By Helene Fouquet France’s privacy watchdog said it’s investigating the leak of sensitive health data on half a million people and said the...
Swedish Insurer Folksam Accidentally Leaks Private Data on 1 Million Customers November 3, 2020 Sweden’s largest insurer, Folksam, accidentally leaked private data on about one million of its customers to a handful of the...