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British Pounds bills and judge hammer with police handcuffs on court desk showing GDPR fines
Data ProtectionNews

Issuing GDPR Fines Is One Thing, Collecting Them Is Another; UK ICO Struggling To Enforce Actions as 74% Of Penalties Remain Unpaid

November 22, 2021
Issuing GDPR fines is just the first step of the process; at some point they have to be collected, and the UK ICO is struggling to do that with only a 26% success rate.
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Hand holding instruction manual of Amazon Ring smart doorbell showing invasion of privacy
Data PrivacyNews

Ring Smart Doorbell That Filmed Neighbor’s Property Found To Be an Invasion of Privacy by UK Court; Individual Held To Be “Data Controller”

October 19, 2021
The use of smart doorbells may be facing new restrictions in the UK, due to a recent court ruling that found an Amazon Ring doorbell pointed at a neighbor's property constituted an invasion of privacy.
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Lock on top of Facebook icon on smartphone screen showing end-to-end encryption
Data PrivacyNews

UK Government Offering $117,000 to Whomever Can Bypass Facebook’s End-to-End Encryption

September 15, 2021
UK Home Secretary is offering grants of up to $117,000 to firms that can figure out how to bypass the end-to-end encryption used by the Facebook and WhatsApp messaging systems.
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Big Ben in the evening showing UK ICO proposal for cookie popups
Data ProtectionNews

UK ICO Commissioner’s Plan To Address “Endless” Cookie Popups Resembles Browser “Do Not Track” Initiatives

September 9, 2021
Outgoing UK Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham has suggested a shift in focus from individual cookie popups at each website to regulation of browsers and devices as the source of expressing user tracking preferences.
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Big Ben and House of Parliament at night in UK showing post-Brexit privacy rules
Data ProtectionNews

UK Data Protection Plans Take Shape Post-Brexit: Partnerships With Countries Frozen Out by EU Privacy Rules, General Reduction of Compliance Requirements

September 1, 2021
The UK is now firming up what its data handling and privacy rules will look like post-Brexit. The lead item is an announcement of partnerships with countries that have lost "trusted partner" status in the EU, most notably the United States.
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Tower Bridge in London UK at sunset showing data transfer decision under GDPR
Data ProtectionNews

GDPR Adequacy Decision Clears Data Transfer Path From EU to UK

July 5, 2021
A recent decision by the European Commission has granted the UK the "adequacy" status needed for international data transfers to be considered legal under the terms of the GDPR.
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European Court of Human Rights building by night showing GCHQ decision on mass surveillance
Data PrivacyNews

EU Court Rules UK GCHQ Mass Surveillance Violated Right to Privacy; “Meaningful Safeguards” Must Be Installed

June 2, 2021
GCHQ is being taken to task for a mass surveillance program first revealed by the Snowden leak, marking the first ruling against the UK government of this nature.
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Closeup of a wireless router on living room at home showing UK internet providers putting users at security risk
Cyber SecurityNews

Which? Report Says Old Routers From Reputable UK Internet Providers Put Millions at Security Risk

May 14, 2021
Which? report says old routers supplied by UK internet providers Vodafone, Virgin, Sky, EE, and others put millions of internet users at security risk of cyber attacks.
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Boy holding smartphone with TikTok on the screen showing privacy lawsuit alleging violation of child privacy
Data ProtectionNews

TikTok Child Privacy Lawsuit Alleges Misuse of Personal Data of Millions of Minors

April 29, 2021
A UK privacy lawsuit that could involve millions of minors alleges that TikTok violated child privacy laws in its collection of personal information and in transferring it to third parties.
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User installing NHS Covid-19 app on mobile phone showing privacy violations of contact tracing app
Data PrivacyNews

Contact Tracing App Spat: Google and Apple Block NHS App Update Over Privacy Violations

April 20, 2021
Google and Apple’s contact tracing app was supposed to put user privacy first. Each of the tech giants has blocked the most recent update from the NHS, citing privacy violations.
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Twitter Confirms Zero-Day Security Breach Exposed Anonymous Accounts

Judge gavel on the background of the US flag showing federal privacy law impact on tech companies

Tech Companies, Buckle Up. Things Are About To Get Even Bumpier With Data Privacy

Telegram app on a smartphone showing malware and messaging apps

Hackers Exploit Messaging Apps To Distribute Malware and Store Stolen Data

Processors and circuit board in blue glowing laser showing quantum computing threat to cryptographic standards

Quantum Computing Threat Treated With Increasing Seriousness by Federal Government With Announcement of New Cryptographic Standards and Tools

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