Privacy Transformation - Issue 104

PRIVACY

Working from home: Remote workers face monitoring by employers of number of mouse clicks per minute, warns union

Working from home: Remote workers face monitoring by employers of number of mouse clicks per minute, warns union

Remote workers may be forced to accept invasive technologies that monitor the number of mouse clicks they make in a minute, the Government has been warned. Concerns have been raised about employers rolling out artificial intelligence technology that can count keystrokes and emails, and record time spent on social media.

Data protection: MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions

Data protection: MEPs urge the Commission to amend UK adequacy decisions

The European Commission should amend its draft decision on UK data protection to bring it in line with EU court rulings and the opinions of the EU privacy supervisor.

Opinion: Global data transfer uncertainty undermines EU digital ambitions

Opinion: Global data transfer uncertainty undermines EU digital ambitions

Three years after the EU's flagship GDPR data protection regulation came into force, confusion over international data transfers following the landmark Schrems II ruling is hampering new technologies and jeopardising the bloc's digital agenda.

With new Working Group, NIST tackles privacy workforce development

With new Working Group, NIST tackles privacy workforce development

The National Institute of Standards and Technology launched the Privacy Workforce Public Working Group to help develop the privacy workforce.

SECURITY & TECH

US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems'

US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems'

The US has relaxed rules on fuel transport after a ransomware cyber-attack took the pipeline offline.

Just 25% of postive Covid cases being uploaded to tracker app

Just 25% of postive Covid cases being uploaded to tracker app

Only 25% of positive cases of Covid-19 have been reported by users of Ireland’s Covid tracker smartphone application, according to new research.

Facebook ordered not to apply controversial WhatsApp T&Cs in Germany

Facebook ordered not to apply controversial WhatsApp T&Cs in Germany

The Hamburg data protection agency has banned Facebook from processing the additional WhatsApp user data that the tech giant is granting itself access to under a mandatory update to WhatsApp’s terms of service.

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96% of US users opt out of app tracking in iOS 14.5, analytics find

96% of US users opt out of app tracking in iOS 14.5, analytics find

It seems that in the United States, at least, app developers and advertisers who rely on targeted mobile advertising for revenue are seeing their worst fears realized: Analytics data published this week suggests that US users choose to opt out of tracking 96 percent of the time in the wake of iOS 14.5.

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Smart cities are a tempting target for cyberattacks, so it's time to secure them now

Smart cities are a tempting target for cyberattacks, so it's time to secure them now

UK National Cyber Security Centre guidance asks local authories to think about cybersecurity sooner rather than later to stop essential services being disrupted by malicious hackers.

UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report

UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report

The NCSC's weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.

RESOURCES

The EU General Data Protection Regulation: A Commentary

This update to the GDPR Commentary published by Oxford University Press is now freely available online. It covers developments between the last date of coverage of the Commentary (1 August 2019) and 1 January 2021 (with a few exceptions when it has been possible to take later developments into account) and is limited to selected Articles of the GDPR.

Article 49 Derogations — Summary Table

Article 49 Derogations — Summary Table

There are specific recitals that relate to the derogations in Article 49, as well as detailed guidance from the EDPB. Before attempting to rely on the derogations, organizations need to be aware of these additional considerations. This table summarizes this material so readers can see at a glance the factors relevant for each derogation.

Report: UK NCSC — Active Cyber Defence (ACD) - the fourth year

Report: UK NCSC — Active Cyber Defence (ACD) - the fourth year

The year four report covers 2020 and aims to highlight the achievements and efforts made by the Active Cyber Defence programme.

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