Amazon GDPR fine: the biggest on record By Sandra May - September 21st, 2021 Posted in Compliance, Data Protection amazon, data, data protection, fine, GDPR, personal data Last month, Amazon.com was issued the biggest fine ever in the history of General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). The penalty, from ...
The arrival of China’s Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”) By Hannah Pisani - September 14th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection China, GDPR, international, PIPL, redulations, transfers On 20th August, China passed the Personal Information Protection Law (“PIPL”). Like the GDPR, PIPL aims to “protect the rights and intere...
Controlling the cookie (consent) monster 2021 By Philip Harris - July 12th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection consent, cookie consent, cookies, data, personal data, privacy For regular Internet users, cookie banners and alerts are a common feature of the web surfing experience. They can be annoying and disrup...
The NHS Data Strategy: what you need to know By Hannah Pisani - July 8th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection data protection, data security, data sharing, data transfer, NHS Just days after the delay of the General Practice Data for Planning and Research (“GPDPR”), the government of the United Kingdom (“UK”) p...
Ethical hacking and penetration testing: what’s the difference? By Alex Harper - July 7th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection, Information Security bug bounties, cyber security, ethical hacking, pen test, pen testing, penetration testing, vulnerabilities, vulnerability scans In 1998, the US-based hacker collective, L0pht Heavy Industries, found a way to shut down the Internet within 30 minutes. Rather than cau...
NHS data grab – the GP data sharing controversy: what you need to know By Hannah Pisani - July 5th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection, News & Resources data, data collection, data grab, health data, NHS, opt out In June, after waves of controversy, the government announced a two-month delay to the creation of a central NHS digital database from GP...
Competition and data protection – CMA and ICO publish joint policy statement By Hannah Pisani - June 25th, 2021 Posted in Data Protection, News & Resources compliance, data, data protection, data sharing, ICO, information security On 19th May, The Information Commissioner’s Office (“ICO”) and the Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) released a joint state...
Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report 2021 – highlights By Hannah Pisani - June 23rd, 2021 Posted in Data Protection, Evalian News data breach, report, verizon, verizon report For 14 years now, Verizon has annually released the Data Breach Investigations Report (“DBIR”), which assesses what tactics and strategie...
