Tag: GDPR
How data anonymization allows you to stay compliant with GDPR
Data protection has been a hot subject recently, especially because several companies dealt with serious data breaches and faced the associated consequences. Properly safeguarding information is therefore crucial for businesses. They must change the way they handle sensitive data to protect their clients’ privacy and strengthen the users’ rights. The European General Data Protection Regulation…
Tech Digest daily round up: Home electric car chargers hacked
Security researchers have discovered failings in two home electric car chargers. The researchers were able to make the chargers switch on or off, remove the owner's access, and show how a hacker could get into a user's home network. Most of the faults have now been fixed, but owners are being told to update their…
GDPR fines hit nearly 300 Million Euros in three years
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the EU three years ago on May 25th. This legislation aimed to give the residents of the EU more control over their data and privacy. According to the recent Atlas VPN team findings, the cumulative sum of the GDPR fines imposed on the EU countries over the past…
Do You Read Privacy Policies? Here Is Why You Should
Most users understand very little about how companies manage their data. However, almost every netizen has come across companies’ privacy policies one way or the other. With concerns regarding the privacy and security of personal data rising, it’s all the more critical that we all take the time to read them. It's a big-data world…
New data reveals firms which received GDPR fines during lockdown
A Freedom of Information request has revealed that Ticketmaster, British Airways and Marriott were among businesses in the UK which were fined for breaching GDPR regulations between March 2020 and January 2021. Data obtained through the Freedom of Information (FOI) request by confidential shredding and records management company, Go Shred, show that only four penalty notices…
5 tips to improve document security when working from home
Experts reveal five ways home workers can improve document security and keep confidential information safe when working from home... Being away from the office means that confidential information and data is at higher risk of a breach. And with 66% of homeworkers admitting to printing work-related documents since they began working from home, it's important…
ICO fines Marriott £18.4million for data breach
The Information Commissioner's Office (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 in 2014 on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. The attack, from an unknown source, remained undetected until September 2018, by…
Netherlands tops list of GDPR Data Breaches
According to data gathered by PreciseSecurity.com, the Netherlands, Germany, and the UK top the European rank for the number of data breaches, with more than 100,000 reported cases in total so far. The EU's General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR came into force on 25 May 2018. Since then, the total number of reported data…
Twitter apologises for sharing personal contact information with advertisers
Twitter has apologised for sharing personal contact information from users with advertisers which was only meant for account security purposes. The social media site said some email addresses or phone numbers provided to the site as part of safety and security procedures, such as two-factor authentication to log in, had been “inadvertently” used for advertising.…
Nokia moves phone data centres to Europe for improved security
Nokia is to move its phone data centres from Asia to Europe as part of a company plan to better protect customer data. The centres, which store Nokia device activation and performance data, are to be moved to Hamina in Finland, with the firm saying the move will improve the speed of updates to phones…