Introducing Marit Kesa – GDPR Register’s new Sales and Customer Success Manager
We are excited to welcome Marit Kesa as the newest member of the GDPR Register team. As our new Sales and Customer Success Manager, Marit brings a wealth of experience…
Clubhouse app faces court action in Germany over serious failings under data protection and consumer law
Clubhouse app faces court action in Germany over serious failings under data protection and consumer law
Germany’s largest consumer protection organisation calls on Clubhouse operator Alpha Exploration Co. to cease and desist from illegal business practices and data protection violations According to a statement by the…
Brazil’s Health Ministry’s Website Data Leak Exposed 243 Million Medical Records for More Than 6 Months
Brazil’s Health Ministry’s Data Leak Exposed 243 Million Medical Records for More Than 6 Months
Personal information of more than 243 million Brazilians was exposed for more than six months thanks to weakly encoded credentials stored in the source code of the Brazilian Ministry of…
Ubiquiti data breach
Ubiquiti, producer of routers and access points, has had a data breach
Ubiquiti, one of the biggest sellers of networking gear, including routers, webcams and mesh networks, has alerted its customers to a data breach. In a short email to customers on Monday, the…
SolarWinds hackers breach US nuclear weapons agency
SolarWinds hackers breach US nuclear weapons agency
Hackers accessed systems at the National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons stockpile. The Energy Department and National Nuclear Security Administration, which maintains the U.S. nuclear weapons…
Irish Data Protection Commission to announce Twitter fine on December 17th
Irish Data Protection Commission to announce Twitter fine on December 17th
Commissioner Helen Dixon will have an active week with her office’s first potential big tech fine under GDPR and a showdown against Facebook in the High Court. Ireland’s data protection…
Survey result: 45% of businesses faced a data breach in last 12 months
Survey result: 45% of businesses faced a data breach in last 12 months
The data breach report is based on a survey conducted by Kaspersky and B2B International on September 30, 2020. Researchers interviewed 4,179 businesses globally, with 50 and up to 4,999…
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients' personal data found in public recycling facility
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients’ personal data found in public recycling facility
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients' personal data found in public recycling facility The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has handed down a €65,000 fine to Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH)…
ICO fines Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep customers’ personal data secure
ICO fines Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep customers’ personal data secure
The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack…
GDPR complaint against Central and Eastern Europe’s Largest Low Cost Airline, Wizz Air
Wizz Air: €1 for a flight, €35 for your GDPR right
Despite the free right to rectification under the GDPR, the airline charged € 35 in phone charges to update a surname. Updating name allegedly only possible in case of marriage.…
