According to a story first reported by the Irish Times on the 23rd of July 2019, it appears that the reach of the General Data Protection Regulation may extend to a form of record keeping […]
Skype Text and messaging platforms like it are a very convenient way of quickly sending data however there is still some discussion around how HIPAA compliant Skype actually is. The Skype service incorporates security measures […]
The European Union’s Competition Commission has initiated an official antitrust investigation to ascertain if Amazon is using sensitive data, gathered from independent retailers who use its marketplace, in breach of EU competition legislation. The Commission […]
In Romania, following the conclusion of a National Supervisory Authority, Unicredit Bank has been sanctioned with a US$146,000 (EUR€135,000) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fine in relation to how it uses personal data. This is […]
Adirondack Health is notifying almost 25,000 patients that a portion of their protected health information has potentially been obtained by a cyber criminal from the Vermont-based organization. The data may have included patients’ names, dates […]
On Friday the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved a $5bn fine for social media giant Facebook to settle data privacy breaches that were uncovered during the investigation that followed the Cambridge Analytica controversy. This is […]
The significance consumers place on the privacy and security of their health information has been reviewed in a recent nCipher Security survey. The survey i question was aimed at 1,300 U.S. consumers and looked into […]
The HITECH Act – or Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act – forms a portion of an economic stimulus program introduced prior to President Trump taking office: The American Recovery and Reinvestment […]
In January 2019 the French Data Protection Authority (the CNIL), hit Google LLC with a record €50m fine for failing to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A decision made on the […]
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the data authority in the United Kingdom, has revealed that it plans to sanction a $123,705,870 General Data Protection Regulation fine on the Marriott hotel group in relation to the […]
The Payment Services Directive (PSD2) was enacted by the European Union on January 13 2018 to regulate payment services and payment service providers throughout the European Economic Area (EEA). It replaced the previous E.U. Directive […]
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has announced that it intends to fine British Airways for a recent infringement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The security breach occurred when British Airways customers were […]
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