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Data protection regulations and compliance

  • May 25, 2021 25 May'21

    Threat of group GDPR legal action haunts CISOs

    The vast majority of security leaders questioned for a new report say they are concerned about the possibility of group legal settlements against them following a serious data breach

  • May 25, 2021 25 May'21

    Industry reflects on three years of GDPR

    Looking back on 12 tumultuous months, we assess how GDPR has weathered the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, and consider what the coming year may hold for data protection

  • May 19, 2021 19 May'21

    Reports of stolen Irish health service data being leaked online

    Leaking of deeply confidential and personal information on patient healthcare marks a new low for the criminal Conti gang

  • May 18, 2021 18 May'21

    Microsoft EU Data Boundary dubbed ‘smoke and mirrors’

    Data protection experts claim Microsoft’s decision to create an EU Data Boundary is a tacit admission that it routinely transfers and processes the personal data of European citizens outside the bloc

  • May 06, 2021 06 May'21

    Scammers accidentally reveal fake Amazon review data

    More than 13 million records relating to an organised fake review scam have been found on an unsecured ElasticSearch database, implicating hundreds of thousands of people in unethical behaviour

  • April 29, 2021 29 Apr'21

    G7 countries to cooperate on digital regulation

    Digital and technology ministers outline their agenda for how technology can be used to facilitate the post-Covid recovery, signalling closer collaboration in key areas of the digital economy