Privacy Transformation - Issue 118
PRIVACY
DNA analysis firm Genuity Science bought by HiberCell
Genuity Science, the DNA analysis firm previously known as WuXi NextCode and Genomics Medicine Ireland, has been bought by New York headquartered company HiberCell.
RELATED: Genuity says Irish DNA database will still be managed locally after sale
Asking for employees’ vaccination status is a worry for bosses
More than half of employers surveyed by HRLocker said they delayed office reopening plans until they receive further clarity on vaccinations.
No need to swap data for drinks, says ICO
Customers should think carefully about handing over personal data when ordering food and drink via their mobile phones, the UK's ICO suggests.
FAQs for UK ICO's data transfer consultation – including approach to EU SCCs
Bird & Bird's Ruth Boardman addresses some of the big questions regarding the U.K. ICO's consultation on data transfers.
Opinion: Remove obstacles to sharing health data with researchers outside of the European Union
COVID-19 has shown that international collaborations and global data sharing are essential for health research, but legal obstacles are preventing data sharing for non–pandemic-related research among public researchers across the world, with potentially damaging effects for citizens and patients.
SECURITY & TECH
Zoom is no longer compatible with GDPR, Hamburg data watchdog claims
A German data protection commissioner has officially warned Hamburg’s Senate Chancellery to avoid using Zoom as it is no longer compatible with GDPR.
Google is quietly meeting with a select group of publishers each month to talk Privacy Sandbox tech
Google engineers and staff on its ads and Chrome teams have a new monthly meeting on their calendars — with digital publishers. Representatives from around 20 publishers, many from large Comscore 50 media properties, have convened monthly since March with Google ads and Chrome execs and engineers to conduct focused conversations about technologies Google is developing as part of its Privacy Sandbox initiative.
UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report
The NCSC's weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.
DATA BREACH
More than 500 data breaches at Department of Social Protection 'a matter of great concern'
The department said the 508 data breaches were a “very small number” in the context of payments being processed for 2.7m individual customers.
ENFORCEMENT
Austrian Data Protection Authority Fines ‘Unser Ö-Bonus Club GmbH’ €2M
‘Unser Ö-Bonus Club GmbH’ has received a fine of 2,000,000 EUR from the Austrian Data Protection Authority for unlawfully processing 2.3 million Austrians’ data for profiling without properly obtaining users’ consent.
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