We bring you a round up of articles and updates in the data sphere 15 June Spotify fined over $5 million for violating the GDPR --- The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection fined Spotify SEK 58 million ($5.4 million) for failure to adequately inform users on how...
European Data Protection Board has accepted the final version of Guidelines on the use of facial recognition technology The European Data Protection Board has accepted the final version of Guidelines on when and how facial technology can be used in law enforcement. The Guidelines emphasize that facial...
We bring you a round up of articles and updates in the data sphere 1 June FTC fines Amazon $25 million for violating child privacy laws --- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has fined Amazon $25 million for violating the Child Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The FTC has...
We bring you a round up of articles and updates in the data sphere 27 Apr. Health and Safety Executive breached data protection laws over 500 times in 2022 --- In 2022, it was found that the Health and Service Executive (HSE) experienced 524 data protection breaches. 200 of...
Data protection breaches in healthcare Hospitals, healthcare providers, and health services have been inundated with security breaches, data leakages, and hacks. Inadequate data protection practices, despite the highly sensitive personal information that hospitals store, have led to a significant number of breaches. Many hospitals have also...
Growing concerns surrounding the extensive information collected by menstruation-tracking apps In recent years there has been growing discourse surrounding menstruation-tracking apps and the personal data that these apps collect from users. Privacy campaigners have highlighted how data such as current medication, birth control use, and sexual...
We bring you a round up of articles and updates in the data sphere 30 Mar. Health department leaks data of patients who accessed HIV services --- The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office reprimanded NHS Highland for a data breach that resulted in the exposure of sensitive patient information....
ChatGPT causes increasing data privacy concerns ChatGPT, short for Generative Pre-Trained Transformer, surpassed one million users in less than a week from its introduction and 100 million users within its first 2 months. Its ability to articulately answer questions, compose emails, write essays and code has...
We bring you a round up of articles and updates in the data sphere 2 Mar. TikTok fined 1.75 million lira by Turkish data protection authority --- TikTok has been charged with yet another fine for failure to adequately protect user data. The personal Data Protection Board (KVKK)...
African States strengthen their data protection laws According to the advocacy organisation ‘Internet Society’, more than 17 African countries have implemented extensive data protection legislations. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that 33 countries have some form of data protection legislation in place. The...
