Privacy Transformation - Issue 134
PRIVACY
DPC warns Government of need for major staffing changes
The Data Protection Commission has called on the Government to allow it to recruit more people at higher pay to allow it to continue to operate properly in the coming years.
RELATED: Data Protection Commission says it is ‘unfit for purpose’ and in need of ‘radical’ change
‘Contrary to everything we believe in’: Irish data watchdog lobbied for business-friendly GDPR
The Irish Data Protection Commission lobbied to allow social networks to bypass user consent requirements within EU privacy rules, documents obtained by Max Schrems’ privacy campaign group show.
RELATED:
Data protection watchdog rejects accusations it lobbied on behalf of tech giants
Statement from DPC regarding allegations made in media publications
DPC draft decision on Instagram sent to Europe
The Data Protection Commission has sent a draft decision on an investigation it has been carrying out into Instagram to other data regulators across Europe for consideration.
RELATED: DPC draft decision on Instagram sent to Europe
DPC draft decision on Facebook would end right to privacy, Norway claims
The right to privacy and data protection would cease to exist if the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) draft decision in a major inquiry into Facebook is allowed to stand, Norwegian authorities said
Call to record ethnic details of those stopped by gardaí
Gardaí should be required to record the ethnic, age and gender details of people who are stopped and searched, according to the Chair of the Policing Authority.
Director at Belgium’s Data Protection Authority resigns in protest over a ‘lack of independence’
"I don't want to be an accomplice in this," the director said, citing colleagues with multiple conflicts of interest that hinder work at the privacy watchdog.
The way the third-party cookie crumbles: Part 1 – EU and UK developments
Part one of this two-part series addresses the current legal and regulatory developments impacting the use of third-party cookies in the EU and U.K.
RELATED: The inventor of the digital cookie has some regrets
SECURITY & TECH
EU warns adtech giants over ‘legal tricks’ as it moots changes to centralize privacy oversight
The European Commission has given its clearest signal yet that it’s prepared to intervene over weak enforcement of the EU’s data protection rules against big tech.
RNLI takes down its website after suspected hacking attempt
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has taken down its website after “suspicious activity” and said its staff had been sent threatening emails.
Hundreds of SPAR stores shut down, switch to cash after cyberattack
Approximately 330 SPAR shops in northern England face severe operational problems following a weekend cyberattack, forcing many stores to close or switch to cash-only payments.
Crime Prediction Software Promised to Be Free of Biases. New Data Shows It Perpetuates Them
Millions of crime predictions left on an unsecured server show PredPol mostly avoided Whiter neighborhoods, targeted Black and Latino neighborhoods.
Germany’s new government will firmly defend encryption, key Social Democrat says
The next German government intends to speak more strongly in favour of end-to-end encryption and against the introduction of backdoors.
UK NCSC: Weekly Threat Report
The NCSC's weekly threat report is drawn from recent open source reporting.
RESOURCES
UK NCSC: Update to the Cyber Essentials technical controls
In the new year, the NCSC will introduce an updated set of requirements for the Cyber Essentials scheme. This update is the biggest overhaul of the scheme’s technical controls since it was launched in 2014 and is in response to the evolving cyber security challenges that organisations now face.
Diagramming Data Transfers
International data transfer is probably one of my least favorite privacy exercises. Why? Probably my main dislike deals with the fact that its not really about privacy, but often more about protectionism. That being said, data transfers are a hot hot topic these days, both in Europe and in countries like China and Brazil.
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