GDPR Privacy

6 Million EUR GDPR fine for CAIXABANK in Spain

The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) imposed a total fine of 6.000.000 EUR on CAIXABANK for unlawfully processing clients’ personal data (4.000.000 EUR) and not providing sufficient information regarding the processing of personal data (2.000.000 EUR). The AEPD considered that the document designed to comply with the information did not include enough information regarding the […]

GDPR Privacy

Spy pixels in email becoming the new normal

The use of “invisible” tracking tech in emails is now “endemic”, according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC’s request. 66% of emails sent to its users’ personal accounts contained a “spy pixel”, even after excluding for spam.Emails pixels can be used to log:– if and when an email is opened– […]

Privacy
TikTok misleads, offers insufficient protection and uses unfair and unclear terms and conditions

TikTok misleads, offers insufficient protection and uses unfair and unclear terms and conditions

The Consumers’ Association and seventeen other European consumer organizations today filed a complaint against TikTok with the European Commission and the European network of regulators CPC. The complaints include the “unfair” copyright terms of TikTok, which gives the platform the right to reuse, distribute and reproduce videos without compensation to users, while these rights should […]

Privacy

Spy pixels in email becoming the new normal

The use of “invisible” tracking tech in emails is now “endemic”, according to a messaging service that analysed its traffic at the BBC’s request. 66% of emails sent to its users’ personal accounts contained a “spy pixel”, even after excluding for spam. Emails pixels can be used to log: (1) if and when an email […]

Cybersecurity Privacy
Lubach: politics is illiterate

Lubach: politics is illiterate

Lubach states that politicians are often digitally illiterate based on responses to GGD data leaks, secure digital meetings, encryption, Facebook session in the US, etc. with all the dangers this entails for society. Now this does not apply to all MPs. Fortunately, a digital committee has been set up…. Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRNJN_GQnRA&t=2s

Cybersecurity

NWO has been hacked, applications, mail and office no longer accessible

None of the applications running on the NWO network is currently accessible, the organization writes. NWO email addresses and office software are no longer accessible. It is currently not possible to submit grant applications. It is unclear how the hack ended. has come about. Read more about this article here: https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/5214692/wetenschapsorganisatie-nwo-hack-subsidieaanvragen-stilgelegd