France

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Google to Pay Record €50 Million GDPR Fines as CNIL Draws Lines in the Sand

January 30, 2019

Google received €50 million in GDPR fines from French regulator CNIL for failing to adequately inform users about their data collection practices, and not giving users enough control over how their information is used. What are the lessons learnt? Read More

Tech

Chinese Government Warns France Against Locking out Huawei on the French 5G Network

February 17, 2020

The Chinese embassy in France indicated that discriminating against Huawei by selecting 5G network equipment based on the country of origin was blatant discrimination and industrial protectionism and hinted of possible retaliation. Read More

Cyber Security News

France Authorizes the Use of Huawei Equipment in Its 5G Network While Plans for a New Factory Are Underway

March 20, 2020

According to anonymous sources, the French authorities have decided to approve the use of Huawei equipment but only in non-core parts of the 5G network. Read More

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Cyber Security News

France Latest Nation to Acknowledge Offensive Cyber Operations

February 6, 2019

A fundamental shift from defensive to offensive cyber operations is now underway in order to deter cyber attacks, and the United States and its European ally France are at the forefront of this trend. Read More

Close up of woman face with facial recognition technology interface showing the privacy and security concerns raised over France’s nationwide facial recognition ID program

Data Privacy News

France’s Rollout of Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program Raises Privacy and Security Concerns

October 11, 2019

France will be the first in Europe to roll out a nationwide facial recognition ID program. Citizens will have a single digital identity tied to their face instead of using different user names and passwords. Read More

StopCovid app icon on mobile showing the mixed public opinions and technical issues on Italy’s and France’s first contact tracing apps

Data Privacy News

Italy and France Roll out Europe’s First Contact Tracing Apps to Mixed Public Opinion, Technical Issues

June 16, 2020

The lack of compatibility between the first contact tracing apps from France and Italy highlights a fragmented EU landscape that has yet to have an answer for cross-border movement issues. Read More

France

Chinese Government Warns France Against Locking out Huawei on the French 5G Network

France Authorizes the Use of Huawei Equipment in Its 5G Network While Plans for a New Factory Are Underway

France Latest Nation to Acknowledge Offensive Cyber Operations

France’s Rollout of Nationwide Facial Recognition ID Program Raises Privacy and Security Concerns

Italy and France Roll out Europe’s First Contact Tracing Apps to Mixed Public Opinion, Technical Issues

Clubhouse Joins Facebook and LinkedIn as Target of Data Scraping; Cumulative One Billion User Profiles Have Been Leaked

Developers, Security and Operations Walk into a Bar…

Hackers Exploit Known Sap Security Vulnerabilities With a Typical Cyber Attack Succeeding In Record Time

New Tripwire Survey: IoT Security Still in Shambles, Most Security Pros Struggling To Make Devices Fit Safely Into Business Networks