GDPR

Norway wants Facebook behavioral advertising banned across Europe

But Meta was just about to start asking people for their permission!

Security29 Sep 2023 | 24

Irish watchdog fines TikTok €345M for mishandling kids' data

Tok is Tiking for app to bring processing into compliance within 3 months

Networks15 Sep 2023 | 6

Get your staff's consent before you monitor them, tech inquiry warns

Plus: British government's push to reform data protection is working against the cause

Security10 Aug 2023 | 57

UK voter data within reach of miscreants who hacked Electoral Commission

'It doesn't help if the organization responsible for the integrity of elections' gets pwned

Cyber-crime08 Aug 2023 | 116

Brit healthcare body rapped for WhatsApp chat sharing patient data

Time for a proper secure clinical image transfer system, perhaps?

Security03 Aug 2023 | 69

Meta says it'll ask Euro peeps nicely before hitting them with personalized ads

UK mulls an 'appropriate response'

Personal Tech02 Aug 2023 | 27

Norway bans Meta's behavioral advertising with threats of wrist-slap fines

Won't someone think of Zuck's pocket change?

Legal19 Jul 2023 | 17

UK's proposed alt.GDPR will turn Britain into a 'test lab' for data harvesting

EU citizens' info could be at risk over new rules

Personal Tech06 Jul 2023 | 163

US vendor accused of violating GDPR by reputation-scoring EU citizens

TeleSign and Belgian parent did almost everything wrong, alleges Max Schrems

Networks23 Jun 2023 | 23

That Meta GDPR fine is €1.2B. Plus biz must stop sending EU data to US

Zuckercorp says the EU-US Data Privacy Framework will pass before its penalties enacted, so why worry?

Personal Tech22 May 2023 | 70

UK's GDPR replacement could wipe out oversight of live facial recognition

Question not whether UK police should use facial recog, but how, says surveillance chief

Security19 May 2023 | 102

Meta facing third fine of 2023 for mishandling EU user data under GDPR

This one could set a new record for penalties against US companies doing business on the continent

Networks18 May 2023 | 19

EU-US Privacy Framework could make life easier for a data biz, if it survives

Analysis But what about the Brits? A lawyer gives their take on the privacy minefield

Legal11 May 2023 | 18

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

Major decision on GDPR compensation rights expected soon

Breached businesses might have to cough for your discomfort too

Legal03 May 2023 | 21

Italy bans ChatGPT for 'unlawful collection of personal data'

Perché siamo il Garante, e tu sei pazzo

AI + ML31 Mar 2023 | 32

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

EU lawmakers argue against signing US data-transfer pact

Committee: Something about complaints process being dealt with in total secrecy doesn't sit right

Security17 Feb 2023 | 59

Microsoft is changing how it handles device diagnostic data to keep EU sweet

Data sovereignty – the Windows maker has heard of it

Networks06 Feb 2023 | 10

Ireland fines Meta $414m for using personal data without asking

Updated Facebook, Insta told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months

Security04 Jan 2023 | 25

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

US commerce bosses view EU rules as threat to its clouds

Rules haven't been decided yet but others are already kicking up a stink

Off-Prem02 Dec 2022 | 139

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

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

Business can't make staff submit to video surveillance, says court

Chetu ordered to pay restitution for employee's unlawful termination

Personal Tech10 Oct 2022 | 76

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

GPT-3 'prompt injection' attack causes bad bot manners

In Brief Also, EA goes kernel-deep to stop cheaters, PuTTY gets hijacked by North Korea, and more.

Security19 Sep 2022 | 10

Twitter whistleblower summoned to Senate Judiciary Committee

Updated Get the popcorn out for September 13

Legal25 Aug 2022 | 18

Browsers could face two regimes in Europe as UK law set to diverge from EU

British government wants to boost innovation but lawyers warn of risk to adequacy ruling

Legal25 Jul 2022 | 128

Microsoft floats Cloud for Sovereignty

More transparency or just the cost of doing business? For customers whose data must remain

PaaS + IaaS20 Jul 2022 | 4

Oracle planning sovereign cloud regions for the EU

Specialized infrastructure for the political bloc will help users deal with GDPR data laws

PaaS + IaaS13 Jul 2022 | 5

UK Info Commissioner slams use of WhatsApp by health officials during pandemic

Sure, stuff got done fast – but personal information was put at risk

Security12 Jul 2022 | 41

Tracking cookies found in more than half of G20 government websites

Sorry, conspiracy theorists, it's more likely sloppy webdev work rather than spying

Software06 Jul 2022 | 14

Spain, Austria not convinced location data is personal information

Privacy group NOYB sues to get telcos to respect GDPR data access rights

Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 51

China's vice premier Liu He advocates technology and government cooperation

After years of crackdowns, Beijing changing its tune on the industry

Systems18 May 2022 | 4

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

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

Europe's GDPR coincides with dramatic drop in Android apps

Privacy rules increase cost, reduce choice, slash revenues, study concludes

Applications09 May 2022 | 93

AI-powered browser extension to automatically click away cookie pop-ups now promised

Tool disables non-essential tokens

AI + ML12 Apr 2022 | 58

Big Tech revenues under threat from EU law proposals

Digital Markets Act rules agreed, set to include fines of up to 10% of turnover and power to break up businesses

Legal25 Mar 2022 | 28

F-Secure spins out new enterprise security business: WithSecure

CEO tells The Reg of new branding ahead of Finnish vendor's corporate split

Security24 Mar 2022 | 5

Android's Messages, Dialer apps quietly sent text, call info to Google

Updated Hashed text, phone call logs collected without opt-out nor specific notice

Personal Tech21 Mar 2022 | 89

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 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

Millions of dollars pour into security compliance startups amid pressure on business

There's gold in them thar forms

Security23 Feb 2022 | 2

EU Data Protection Board probes public sector use of cloud

Updated Privacy: We've heard of it. Do you know where your data is?

PaaS + IaaS15 Feb 2022 | 17

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

Website fined by German court for leaking visitor's IP address via Google Fonts

Now that's egg on your typeface

Legal31 Jan 2022 | 108

UK data watchdog slaps Ministry of Justice with Enforcement Notice for breaking GDPR law

ICO threatens £17.5m fine over late processing of subject access requests

Legal19 Jan 2022 | 15

Austrian watchdog rules German company's use of Google Analytics breached GDPR by sending data to US

Schrems II ruling continues to trouble transatlantic data sharing

Security13 Jan 2022 | 44

SlimPay fined €180k after 12 million customers' bank data publicly accessible for 5 years

Updated French regulator's investigation finds multiple breaches of GDPR

Security04 Jan 2022 | 13

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

Luxembourg judge hits pause on Amazon's daily payments of disputed $844m GDPR fine

Box shifter argues it's not clear what it is supposed to change

Personal Tech20 Dec 2021 | 42

UK and USA seek new world order for cross-border data sharing and privacy

They'll even run a competition to help this along

Legal09 Dec 2021 | 39

German court rules cookie preference service that shared IP addresses with US firm should be halted

Schrems II starts to be felt in Europe

Legal08 Dec 2021 | 34