by Lyndsey Creamer | Jul 29, 2020 | Compliance, Cyber Security, Data, GDPR
No grace period after Schrems II Privacy Shield ruling, warn EU data watchdogs European data watchdogs have issued updated guidance in the wake of last week’s landmark ruling striking down a flagship transatlantic data transfer mechanism called Privacy Shield. In...
by Lyndsey Creamer | Jun 11, 2020 | Apple, Compliance, Cyber Security, Data, Facebook, GDPR, Government, Microsoft
As the GDPR turns 2, Big Tech should watch out for big sanctions Two years ago, Europe introduced the world’s toughest data privacy legislation, putting on notice the tech giants of the world who’d grown fat off your personal data. The General Data...
by Lyndsey Creamer | May 22, 2020 | Compliance, Coronavirus, Cyber Security
Cybersecurity compliance trends in a post-pandemic world While COVID-19 may have ground most of the world to a halt, unfortunately, we can’t say the same for hackers and cybercriminals. And with the majority of economists predicting a global recession by the end...
by Lyndsey Creamer | Nov 11, 2019 | Compliance, GDPR
Companies vastly overestimating their GDPR readiness, only 28% achieving compliance Over a year on from the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Capgemini Research Institute has found that companies vastly overestimated their readiness...
by Lyndsey Creamer | Jul 8, 2019 | Compliance, GDPR
British Airways faces record £183m fine for customer data breach British Airways is facing the prospect of a £183.4m fine following a cyberattack against its systems last year. The proposed record penalty from the Information Commissioner’s Office comes...
