TheDataGuardians

Don't let GDPR stand in the way of your business success | Demystifying the GDPR and sharing data protection and data breach news and insights.

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The Scottish Government and its agencies have reported themselves almost 2,000 times for data breaches since the introduction of the #GDPR in 2018. The vast majority of the breaches – 713 – were confidentiality breaches.

#DataBreach #ICO #Data

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It has been reported that 20% of the top Android apps for children on the Google Play store collect data that violates the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).

#Data #PersonalData #Privacy #COPPA

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In this week's #DataProtection and #GDPR news the EU has ruled that British data protection standards are "adequate" in a decision that allows data to flow between the EU and UK.

Find the full roundup here 👇

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Pizza takeaway and delivery company Papa John’s has been fined £10,000 by the ICO for sending nuisance marketing messages to customers without their consent.

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#GDPR #DataProtection #Privacy #Data

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The EU has agreed to share #data with the United Kingdom. The UK no longer has to adhere to the #GDPR, but will try to be as close to the GDPR as possible.

#DataSharing

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This week's #DataProtection news roundup is here! This week the Carnival Corporation has suffered a #databreach and the ICO has warned of the risks of using live facial recognition in public places.

Read the report here: https://t.co/YkERn8w5kO

#GDPR #Privacy

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Two schools in Kent closed after hackers broke into their servers, stole #data and encrypted pupil information. Action Fraud and the National Cyber Security Centre are investigating.

#Hack #DataBreach #DataProtection

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Plans for the NHS to share #data about patients’ medical histories taken from their GP records have been delayed to give the NHS more time to address concerns about patients’ #privacy being breached.

#PersonalData #DataSharing

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This week's #dataprotection news roundup is here!

This week, the largest password collection of all time has been leaked and Amazon could be fined more than €350 million by Luxembourg’s data protection commission.

Read the report here 👉 https://t.co/sq4THUJeou

#GDPR #Privacy

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The ICO has fined the Conservative Party £10,000 following an investigation triggered by complaints from 51 recipients of unwanted marketing emails.

#GDPR #Data #DataProtection #Marketing #ICO

https://t.co/H44HE9eDZp

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The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that the government’s “immigration exemption” in the Data Protection Act 2018 is unlawful, overturning a High Court decision from 2019.

#DataProtection #GDPR #DataAccess

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In this week's #DataProtection news the ICO has fined the Conservative Party £10,000 following an investigation into unwanted marketing emails and the government’s “immigration exemption” in the DPA 2018 has been ruled unlawful.

#GDPR #Privacy #News

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The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that #GCHQ breached fundamental human rights by intercepting and harvesting vast amounts of communications.

#Privacy #Data #HumanRights

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New figures suggest many British firms aren’t reporting data breaches in a timely manner. In a poll, only 42% of those that had fallen victim to a #databreach said they reported it to the ICO.

#GDPR #CyberSecurity

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In this week's #DataProtection news Klarna has experienced a serious #security issue with its app and figures suggest that less than half of firms report a #databreach to the ICO.

#Privacy #GDPR #News #CyberSecurity

Read the full report here: https://t.co/HcOCNwTiqM

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Research by Egress has found that 90% of security leaders are concerned about group legal settlements and that 47% of consumers would likely join a class-action lawsuit against an organisation that had leaked their #data.

#Privacy #DataBreach

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British businesses are being urged to consider appointing an EU-based #dataprotection representative, following a decision by the Dutch data protection authority.

#GDPR

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This week's #DataProtection news roundup is here! In this week's news American Express has been fined for sending nuisance marketing emails and businesses are being told to consider appointing an EU-based data protection representative.

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Former #BritishAirways chief executive Alex Cruz, who suffered a serious #databreach while running the carrier, has warned that airlines are being left behind by more nimble digital rivals because of their outdated #technology.

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Britain will improve the #security of smartphones, TVs and connected speakers by banning easy-to-hack default #passwords and telling customers when security updates will end.

#Cybersecurity #hack #data

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