Switzerland Red Cross' cyber attack exposes data of 515,000 vulnerable people “An attack on the data of people who are missing makes the anguish and suffering for families even more difficult to endure,” Robert Mardini, the ICRC's director-general, said in a statement. 21/01/2022
world news Europol told to delete personal data not linked to any crime European Data Protection Supervisor, the EU personal data watchdog, said the police agency has continually stored "large volumes" of data regardless of whether it was related to a crime or not. 10/01/2022
The Cube Facial recognition company breaks EU data privacy rules, says France Clearview has amassed a database of billions of people's photos, but France says the data has been collected without citizens' consent. 16/12/2021
Biztech news Microsoft software breach makes millions of users’ data vulnerable Some 38 million pieces of personal data and information were badly kept due to a configuration defect in a software. 24/08/2021
Biztech news Privacy watchdog files more than 400 complaints related to cookies Online privacy protection NGO Noyb is bringing websites that don’t respect personal data to book over alleged rule breaches. 12/08/2021
Biztech news Dutch data protection authority fines TikTok over privacy The Netherlands’ Data Protection Authority has fined TikTok €750,000 for not offering an understandable privacy statement for users in Dutch. 22/07/2021
Travel News Is inflight Wi-Fi safe or could it be leaking your data? Security experts warn that logging in while up in the air could put your personal information at risk. 20/07/2021
Belgium Big tech companies exposed to EU privacy cases after court decision Facebook, Google, Twitter, and others can be challenged by watchdogs in any EU member state, not just its lead regulator in Ireland, the bloc’s top court has ruled. 15/06/2021
Ireland Irish watchdog probes Instagram over protection of children's data Ireland's Data Protection Commission is investigating Instagram over safeguards for children's personal information. 19/10/2020
world news Spies to not access phone data except for serious threats - EU court The European Court of Justice has issued its long-awaited ruling on whether data collection and retention by national governments aligns with EU law. 06/10/2020
The Cube TikTok subject of Dutch data protection probe The watchdog say they will “examine whether TikTok adequately protects the privacy of Dutch children”. 12/05/2020
Germany Should social media users have to use their real names? What do you think? Let us know in the comments, below. 17/01/2020
Norway Grindr, OKCupid and Tinder dating apps 'leak personnal data' There are "serious privacy infringements", according to a consumer association. 14/01/2020
View Data sharing is essential for UK business. A no-deal Brexit would be catastrophic ǀ View There is much talk about the importance of free movement of people and goods between Brexit Britain and the EU. More important than either of these, however, is the free movement of data. 18/09/2019
Germany ‘An open door’: Millions of health records ‘unprotected online’ Investigative journalists have found poor security has left the medical records of millions of patients worldwide totally out in the open. 17/09/2019
USA Facebook to pay record $5 billion US fine over privacy violations Social media giant Facebook has been slammed with a record fine of more than €4 billion over privacy violations, but will this be enough to change how Facebook handles users' privacy data? 24/07/2019
USA FEMA put 2.3M disaster survivors at risk of identity theft, watchdog says Survivors of the 2017 California wildfires, hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria were among the millions whose privacy was violated, the inspector general's report says. 23/03/2019
