The privacy setting that Apple implemented in iOS last year will cause a $10 billion drop in revenue this year, Meta, the parent company of Facebook, expects. “We believe the impact of iOS will be a headwind for our business this year,” CFO Dave Wehner said in a meeting with analysts after the company released […]
On May 24, 2021, a telephone conversation with an employee of the claimed entity was recorded without any informed consent and not following the principle of data minimization. . Through an email sent by the representative, he learned that his conversation was recorded, a fact he was not informed about. On November 15, 2021, the […]
Belgian DPA decision emphasizes on a lack of an appropriate legal basis for processing and transfer to ad tech partners, insufficient information to users, general non-compliance with regard to data protection by design and accountability. Concretely this means:– Ban on use of legitimate interest– Obligation to assess parties that connect to the ad network for […]
Critical medical device risks:– IV pumps are the most common healthcare IoT device and possess a lion’s share of risk– Healthcare IoT running outdated Windows versions dominate devices in critical care sectors– Default passwords remain a common risk– Network segmentation can reduce critical IoMT and IoT risk
Four US states have sued Google for illegally collecting location data. According to the attorneys general of the District of Columbia, Texas, Washington and Indiana, the tech company misled and manipulated users into accessing their location data, including making it nearly impossible to stop location tracking. According to the indictment, since at least 2014, Google […]
Italian energy company Enel Energia has been fined 26.5 million euros by the Italian privacy regulator for violating the GDPR. According to the Garante per la protezione dei dati personali (GPDP), the energy company has unlawfully processed the personal data of millions of people for marketing purposes. The GPDP launched an investigation into Enel Energia […]
This week, an attack on an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) server stole the personal and confidential data of more than 515,000 “highly vulnerable” individuals, the organization said in a statement. These include people separated from their families and families due to migration, disasters and conflicts, missing persons and their families and people […]
Aldi has opened its first checkout-free store, which allows customers to complete their shopping without scanning a single product, or having to go through a checkout. To enter the ALDI supermarket in London, customers must first install the Aldi Shop&Go app and create a corresponding account. Access to the supermarket can be obtained via the […]
Several Ukrainian government websites down due to a major a cyberattack. Below is the websites reads in part: “Ukrainians!…All information about you has become public, be afraid and expect worse.” According to the New York Times, the attack also crippled the sites of the cabinet of ministers, along with the ministries of energy, sports, agriculture, […]
A Spanish company has received a GDPR fine of 9,000 Euros for posting an employee’s photo on its own company website, Facebook and Instagram without his permission. The employee asked his employer to remove the image, but he refused. The company claimed it had been granted permission, even though it could not prove it. The […]