Privacy Transformation - Issue 169
PRIVACY
Facebook defends itself after handing over chat messages to US police investigating abortion
Facebook has defended itself after court documents emerged showing that it provided chat messages to police which are being used to prosecute a mother and daughter over an abortion.
Daragh Troy BL: Does your spouse’s name reveal your sexual orientation?
Daragh Troy BL summarises the outcome of a recent court ruling with significance for data controllers in the EU.
Analysis: New UK Data Protection Bill defines “personal data” below DPA1984 threshold
This is the first in a series of blogs on the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill published just before the Parliamentary recess. This blog explains: (a) how the Bill’s new definition of “personal data” works; (b) why the definition is very problematic for data subjects; and (c) how, after nearly four decades of data protection law in the UK, the Government is promoting a definition of personal data that is demonstrably weaker than that in the DPA1984.
Noyb: 226 complaints lodged against deceptive cookie banners
Final round on “One Trust” cookie banners: 226 complaints lodged by noyb against deceptive cookie banners that are still not complying with GDPR requirements.
Facial recognition smartwatches to be used to monitor foreign offenders in UK
Home Office and MoJ plans will require migrants convicted of crimes to take photos up to five times a day
DATA BREACH
IBM Annual Cost of Data Breach Report 2022: Record Costs Usually Passed On to Consumers, “Long Breach” Expenses Make Up Half of Total Damage
The global average cost of data breach is now $4.35 million, a climb of 13% since 2020. Much of that are expenses realized more than a year after the attack, and most organizations (60%) are passing these added costs on to consumers in the form of higher prices.
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ENFORCEMENT
Facebook faces third large fine for violating EU data laws in Ireland
Moves in social media giant case come ahead of large fine against its Instagram service for violating children’s privacy.
RELATED: Instagram faces big EU privacy decision on kids’ data within weeks
ICO: Former health adviser found guilty of illegally accessing patient records
A former health adviser has been found guilty of accessing medical records of patients without a valid legal reason.
Analysis: The new EU-wide approach to GDPR fines
Claire Morrissey of Maples and Calder, the Maples Group's law firm, examines new EU guidelines on GDPR fines.
GUIDANCE & OPINIONS
EDPS Opinion on the Proposal for a Regulation as regards conversion of the Farm Accountancy Data Network into a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN)
The Proposal aims to regulate the processing of personal data in the context of the collection of farm level economic, environmental and social data as well as the further management and use of such data in the Farm Sustainability Data Network (‘FSDN’).
RESOURCES
Think Tank: The way forward for better regulation in the EU – better focus, synergies, data and technology
The way forward for better regulation in the EU – better focus, synergies, data and technology
CONTRIBUTE
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CONTRIBUTE
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