GDPR
EU unveils 'human centric' artificial intelligence data strategy
New strategy intended to both fuel the development of AI and data-driven business across the EU, as well as to regulate it
Avast to close Jumpshot data-analytics firm following claims it sold anti-virus users' web-browsing data
Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek claims he made the decision following a review instigated after he joined seven months ago
GDPR claims €114m in fines in under two years - with more to come this year
European data protection authorities have received more than 160,000 data-breach notifications since GDPR came into force in May 2018
ICO: Travelex hasn't reported a data breach
'The company has not reported a data breach,' ICO tells Computing, but adds that they may be required to 'explain why it wasn't reported'
ICO orders Brexit Party to respond to subject-access requests dating back to May
Brexit Party claims it has been the target of a concerted campaign by activists
Microsoft updates privacy policy following intervention by EU data protection watchdog
Microsoft amends cloud privacy policy following investigation by European Data Protection Supervisor
Secondary data is draining your budget and putting you at risk of fines, says iomart
John Burrowes MBCS, business strategy consultant, iomart, warned the audience at Computing's Cloud & Infrastructure Live conference that they must get on top of their data
Using cloud? Watch out for the regulators, warns Pinsent Masons
Simon Colvin, global head of technology, Media & Telecommunications, at law firm Pinsent Masons explains what cloud providers and customers need to watch out for as regulators step up their stringency
How Google uses secret 'push pages' to share personal details with advertisers
Combined with tracking cookies supplied by Google, push pages enable organisations to identify individual web browsers, claims Brave's Johnny Ryan
Google accused of using secret web pages to leak users' personal data to advertising firms
The evidence in support of the claim was submitted to Ireland's Data Protection Commission by Brave's Johnny Ryan
Four ways data strategies are evolving to enable business growth
Digital transformation means removing the data silos
Microsoft faces new GDPR privacy investigation over Windows 10 telemetry
Ireland's Data Protection Commission to investigate claims of "new, potentially unlawful" uses of personal data harvesting by Windows 10
Biometrics of one million people discovered on publicly accessible database
Biostar 2 database, used for access control by police, defence contractors and banks, found online unprotected and unencrypted
Facial recognition begins creeping roll-out across London with installation on Kings Cross estate and Canary Wharf set to follow
Question marks over GDPR opt-outs for facial recognition surveillance systems springing up across London
Marriott takes $126m GDPR charge over Starwood hotel reservation system data breach
Marriott has set aside the cash to cover an anticipated £99m fine under GDPR for its November 2018 security breach
Customers should share employees' view of their data, says Revolut's Lead Data Scientist
If data is oil, Revolut is giving everyone a drilling rig
Enterprise software transmits terabytes of data to vendors without customers' knowledge
In one case, a software package sent data to an IP address flagged for hosting malicious programmes
Websites using Facebook's 'Like' button subject to GDPR data rules
Social media plug-ins, such as Facebook's 'Like' button, make a website operator a joint data controller, European Court of Justice rules
Anonymous data can be 'de-anonymised' to reveal people's real identities, researchers warn
Machine learning algorithm can identify 99.98 per cent of people in any anonymised dataset, claim Imperial College researchers
Why BA and Marriott were hit with massive GDPR fines - and how you can avoid one
Coffin Mew's Guy Cartwright explains why BA and Marriott have hit with big GDPR fines - and what you can do to minimise yours if the worst comes to the worst
ICO issues GDPR warning to police forces over facial recognition technology
'I remain deeply concerned about the roll out of this technology,' Elizabeth Denham warns police forces
Nearly £100m for Marriott, £138m for BA - what is the take home message from these sudden massive ICO fines?
Eerke Boiten, Professor of Cyber Security at De Montfort University, warns that the ICO's new habit of issuing big fines could backfire
Marriott to face £99 million GDPR fine from ICO over November 2018 data breach
Marriott GDPR fine comes a day after ICO announced its intention to fine BA £183m
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