EU cooperation with third countries under the U.N. Convention Against Cybercrime shouldn't weaken data protection rights guaranteed under EU law, the European Data Protection Supervisor said Tuesday in an opinion.
Allium UPI's reckless attitude toward customers' privacy jeopardized the data of more than 750,000 people, including children and vulnerable groups, the Estonian Data Protection Authority said Monday. It fined the company 3 million euros ($3.5 million).
Compared with four years ago, many more EU institutions have carried out the data protection impact assessments (DPIAs) required under rules governing data protection, the European Data Protection Supervisor said Monday in a report about its 2024 DPIA survey.
Brazil ensures a level of data protection comparable to the EU's and merits an adequacy decision to allow cross-border data flows, the European Commission said Friday.
A care home director in Yorkshire was fined 1,100 pounds ($1,500) plus costs for refusing to respond to a subject access request, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office announced Thursday.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office has an ever-increasing workload that's affecting its ability to respond quickly to data protection complaints, it said Tuesday in a consultation on draft changes to its complaints-handling process. Comments are due Oct. 31.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Tuesday published updated guidance on encryption for data protection officers and those in organizations with data protection responsibilities, saying it has seen many incidents where personal information was lost, stolen or subject to unauthorized access because of inadequate protection "or the devices the data was stored on being left in inappropriate places, or both."
Though boosting AI innovation is one of the EU’s top priorities for the next several years, member states are implementing and interpreting plans and rules differently from one another, said panelists during an IAPP webinar Wednesday. The session covered the European Commission's new mandate of priorities and policies, the EU AI Act, the AI Continent Action Plan and their impact on data governance programs.
The best defenses against revenge porn are awareness and caution, Italian data protection authority Garante said Thursday.
Political parties must be guided by data protection rules during election campaigns, the Norwegian data protection authority said Thursday.