Data Protection

Fresh GDPR ruling says even 'minor anxiety' could mean payouts for EU folks

Lawyers quip: 'The definition of hell is European legislation with American enforcement'

Legal04 May 2023 | 45

Brit politicians, Big Tech grumble about India tech laws

Free trade agreement founders, and fears of government censorship rise

Legal25 Apr 2023 | 10

UK data watchdog fines TikTok £12.7M for failing to protect kids

Some 1.4 million under-13s used the app in 2020 by the ICO's estimates

Security04 Apr 2023 | 10

German political parties accused of microtargeting voters on Facebook

Country's super strong data rights under magnifying glass after half a dozen complaints filed

Security22 Mar 2023 | 16

BBC to staff: Uninstall TikTok from our corporate kit unless you can 'justify' having it

Those with 'sensitive' work-related information told to contact Beeb's security team

Security20 Mar 2023 | 69

Eufy security cams 'ignore cloud opt-out, store unique IDs' of anyone who walks by

Gadget maker accused of 'corporate voyeurism' by gathering up footage against your wishes

Security17 Mar 2023 | 59

UK spy agency: Don't feed LLMs with sensitive corporate data

Oh gosh. Looks like that bot just spilled that you plan to fire 20k staffers in Q4

AI + ML15 Mar 2023 | 18

Microsoft's AI habit comes to data governance tool Purview

You're a high-risk worker who wants access to that file? Computer says no

Applications07 Feb 2023 | 3

Another RAC staffer nabbed for storing, sharing car crash data

Once is an accident. Twice is coincidence. Surely there won't be a third for roadside assistance biz

Security03 Feb 2023 | 38

UK spy agency violated Snooper's Charter with 'unlawful' data retention

Turns out even MI5 has to comply with retention rules

Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 38

Home Depot sent my email, details of stuff I bought to Meta, customer complains

DIY store didn't get 'valid consent,' says Canada's regulator

Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 | 69

Ireland’s privacy watchdog fines WhatsApp €5.5 million

You’ve got 6 months to get into compliance, it tells yak-yak app

Security20 Jan 2023 | 5

Hey, online pharmacies: Quit spreading around everyone's data already

Google says don't worry, EFF warns of 'potentially horrific outcome'

Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 20

What's driving multicloud? War, regulation, plague, says Acronis CEO

All y'all want data near you, but that doesn't mean you're going back on prem

Off-Prem19 Jan 2023 | 2

That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m

References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action

Databases11 Jan 2023 | 20

Wiretap lawsuit accuses Apple of tracking iPhone users who opted out

This is the company that claims: 'Privacy. That's iPhone'

Security10 Jan 2023 | 10

Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition

US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement

Databases04 Jan 2023 | 39

Microsoft to Europe: We're setting an EU 'data boundary' from 2023

Pitches storage, cloudy software compliance to twitchy EU customers thinking about GDPR

Security15 Dec 2022 | 20

EU takes another step towards US data-sharing agreement

Campaigners say it's unlikely to pass a test in the courts, though

Security14 Dec 2022 | 15

Five British companies fined for making half a million nuisance calls

Nice. They went after vulnerable people and folks over 60 who opted out of marketing calls

Security08 Dec 2022 | 54

Microsoft 365 faces more GDPR headwinds as Germany bans it in schools

Redmond disputes report that 'it is not possible to use without transferring personal data to the USA'

Legal30 Nov 2022 | 100

Meta faces lawsuit to stop 'surveillance advertising'

Case claims collecting personal data breaches UK GDPR, but implications could be wider

Applications23 Nov 2022 | 22

UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down

Databases04 Nov 2022 | 99

Brexit dividend? 'Newly independent' UK will be world's 'data hub', claims digital minister

Updated Amid inevitable talk of 'red tape' cutting at ruling party conference, data protection experts are concerned

Science06 Oct 2022 | 126

Instagram fined in Ireland for violating children's privacy

Meta set to the appeal the data protection authority's near $400m penalty

Personal Tech06 Sep 2022 | 7

Nadine Dorries promotes 'Brexit rewards' of proposed UK data protection law

Culture secretary talks up pre-Commons reading as UK waits to hear who new leader will be

CSO05 Sep 2022 | 163

Decisions on health data sharing should not be taken by politicians, citizen juries find

Britain's National Data Guardian report also warns NHS needs to earn people’s trust, support for controversial data platform

Security31 Aug 2022 | 10

Twitter whistleblower summoned to Senate Judiciary Committee

Updated Get the popcorn out for September 13

Legal25 Aug 2022 | 18

Meta accuses data scrapers of taking more than their share

It's not that Facebook doesn't allow harvesting, it's more that it wasn't authorized, allegedly

Legal07 Jul 2022 | 14

US lawsuit alleges tool used by hospitals shares patient data with Meta

Booking appointments and other interactions with hospital portals can lead to some medical details being shared for advertising, class action claims

Legal20 Jun 2022 | 17

Behind Big Tech's big privacy heist: Deliberate obfuscation

Opinion You opted out, but you didn't uncheck the box on page 24, so your data's ours...

Storage06 Jun 2022 | 67

Zuckerberg sued for alleged role in Cambridge Analytica data-slurp scandal

I can prove CEO was 'personally involved in Facebook’s failure to protect privacy', DC AG insists

Personal Tech23 May 2022 | 18

Tech pros warn EU 'data adequacy' at risk if Brexit Britain goes its own way

Show us that benefits outweigh the cost, BCS challenges government

Legal17 May 2022 | 84

Kasten by Veeam adds ransomware detection to K10 data management platform

Kubecon Catching compromise attempts before kicking off that recovery plan

Storage16 May 2022 |

Lawyers say changes to UK data law will make life harder for international businesses

Concerns raised over government drive to implement distinct post-Brexit policy

Legal16 May 2022 | 70

UK criminal defense lawyer hadn't patched when ransomware hit

Brit solicitor fined after admitting it took 5 months to install critical update

Security15 Mar 2022 | 15

EU, US close to replacing defunct Privacy Shield II

Updated If you transfer data to America from Europe, listen up

Security02 Mar 2022 | 23

EU proposes law forcing manufacturers to share data

Users set to get right to access products' data stream, public sector might dip in too

Legal24 Feb 2022 | 23

France says Google Analytics breaches GDPR when it sends data to US

Hapless unnamed website manager given one month to strip GA from their site

Legal10 Feb 2022 | 133

John Edwards takes the reins at the UK's data protection watchdog

Information Commissioner faces a year of upheaval in data law

Security04 Jan 2022 | 14

Offering Patreon subs in sterling or euros means you can be sued under GDPR, says Court of Appeal

Even if you've got no other EU legal presence

Legal04 Jan 2022 | 68

Veeam to productise in-house Salesforce backup tools - private beta already under way

Major update has passed quality control and will catch up to platform and app updates

Off-Prem20 Dec 2021 |

UK data watchdog fines government office for disclosing New Year's gong list

New IT systems set up incorrectly, published CSV files which included names, addresses

Legal02 Dec 2021 | 21

UK watchdog's punishment for Blackbaud, Easyjet, other big privacy lawbreakers was slap on the wrist in private

Is this what they call light-touch regulation?

Security01 Dec 2021 | 22

Max Schrems hits Irish Data Protection Commissioner with corruption complaint

Watchdog argues 'fairness' in process should keep some documents confidential

Security24 Nov 2021 | 17

Nigeria's central bank digital currency is 'same Naira, more possibilities' – if you count government snooping

Opinion Privacy challenges and rushed implementation should make this cash alternative much less attractive

Security22 Nov 2021 | 3

Boat biz breaches itself: Brittany Ferries 'fesses up to leaks caused by routine website update

Customers' passport data potentially exposed, says company, promises to carry out password testing

Security10 Nov 2021 | 14

Google swats away £3bn Safari Workaround ad-tracking cookie lawsuit in Supreme Court victory

Campaigners' case had 'no real prospect of success'

Legal10 Nov 2021 | 32

Data transfers between the EU and the US: Still unclear on what you're supposed to do? Here's an explainer

This (still) applies to British businesses too... for now

Security01 Nov 2021 | 79

Data-breached Guntrader website calls in liquidators, is reborn as Guntrader 2 Ltd

Viscount still helms new firm – while since-deleted posts on firm's Facebook page enrage users

Security29 Oct 2021 | 56

UK data watchdog calls for end-to-end encryption across video chat apps by default

Then backtracks and tells El Reg: 'It's not a formal opinion'

Security29 Oct 2021 | 30

HIV Scotland fined £10,000 for BCC email blunder identifying names of virus-carriers' patient-advocates

'Serious deficiencies in tech and organisational measures'

Security25 Oct 2021 | 11

Reg readers: Don't assume anything when sharing health data

Register Debate Debate exhibits chronic distrust of policy makers, Big Pharma, and insurance companies

Science15 Oct 2021 | 21

Booting up: Footballers kick off GDPR case for 'misuse' of their performance data

Legal action aims to give players a say in how data about them is traded

Legal12 Oct 2021 | 30

England's Data Guardian warns of plans to grant police access to patient data

Proposed law could 'erode trust and confidence' in healthcare

Databases11 Oct 2021 | 43

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the BBC stage a very British coup to rescue our data from Facebook and friends

Opinion Terms and conditions apply, and that’s a good thing

Security04 Oct 2021 | 190