European privacy regulators are very concerned about plans by the European Commission to oblige chat services and other tech companies to scan all messages and other content from users for child abuse and speak of a serious risk to the fundamental rights of 450 million Europeans. The proposal imposes obligations on providers, hosting services, communication … Read more
A firehose of sensitive data from your vehicle is flowing to a group of companies you’ve probably never heard of. The Markup identified 37 companies that are part of the connected vehicle data industry. These companies seek to monetize vehicle data in an environment with few regulations governing its sale or use.
Research drives for a driver assistance system to avoid traffic accidents are expensive for Volkswagen will cost 1.1 million Euros because the group and a service provider used in the VW test vehicle did not take data protection very seriously and used surveillance cameras without the necessary identification.
Sixty percent of breaches have resulted in companies recouping the cost of fines, clean-up, and technological improvements by increasing prices, essentially making consumers pay for breaches and companies’ lack of preparedness, according to the “Cost of Data Breach Report 2022”.
Telecom provider T-Mobile has reached a settlement in the United States with the victims of a major data breach that occurred last year in which the personal data of 79 million current and former American customers was stolen. This included names, dates of birth, social security number and driver’s license information, as well as telephone … Read more
Amazon plans to buy the primary care organization One Medical in a nearly $4 billion deal, adding to the growing list of the tech giant’s acquisitions. Amazon expands its reach in the health care industry. Wholefoods $13 Billion and the online pharmacy company PillPack for $753 million in 2018. What could be achieved through integration … Read more
The use of the metaverse can be very intrusive as the set of data processed in this environment increases exponentially. Any virtual environment is by design fully data-enabled and allows for a broader spectrum of information related to human activities to be processed. In particular, it may involve new categories of data with greater granularity and precision. For … Read more
More than 10 million people rely on Ring video doorbells to monitor what’s happening directly outside the front doors of their homes. The popularity of the technology has raised a question that concerns privacy advocates: Should police have access to Ring video doorbell recordings without first gaining user consent?
The Hellenic data protection authority has fined the controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI with €20 million and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece. Also already collected data should be deleted. The business model of Clearview AI is scraping selfies off the internet to build an algorithmic … Read more
While GDPR related fines to big companies like Amazon or Google have seen widespread media attention, data protection authorities have issued several hundred more penalties since 2018. This study analyzes 856 fines and their summaries provided by the CMS Law GDPR Enforcement Tracker. The exploratation fines in the light of data flows with a detailed … Read more