Businesses operating within the European Union have been hit with a total of €68 million (£61.5m) in fines relating to GDPR breaches so far in 2020. Over €45 million of that came from Italian-owned companies,
The referendum campaign Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance Group were announced to receive GDPR fines for a total of £120,000. This decision was presented by ICO due to unlawful electronic marketing actions. Furthermore, companies are being investigated on
As the General Data Protection Regulation came into force, companies that process personal data of EU citizens, are expected to comply with a stricter approach to data privacy and protection. US tech giant Google is
Australian data protection expert Troy Hunt has exposed the biggest single data breach known so far. During the recent data breach, nearly 773 million email addresses’ passwords leaked. This data was posted in a data collection called
You would think that of all the companies and organizations, NASA – an independent agency, responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research – would have implemented the highest data protection security measures. However, a data
Right after the start of the New Year, the message spread that Angela Merkel’s personal details leaked on Twitter. According to the Bloomberg, German Chancellor’s account was hacked, and the information was released in an
The French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) was not in a festive mood when right after Christmas, on the 27th of December, announced and imposed the fine of €250,000 to French telecom operator Bouygues Telecom
At the beginning of June 2018, the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TRAFI) presented an online service that enables a search for information on individuals’ driving license, based on basic information: name or place of residence.
Portuguese Supervisory Authority (“CNPD”) imposed a fine of 400.000 € on a hospital for the GDPR infringement. The hospital publicly announced that it will contest the fine. The CNPD carried out an investigation at the
The Radisson Hotel Group has experienced a data breach impacting members of the firm’s loyalty and rewards scheme in over 1,400 hotels in over 70 countries. Though, the Group claims that less than 10% members
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