GDPR

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

Alibaba splits itself into Chinese and overseas ops

Seeks world domination through 'diversified business governance'

Off-Prem06 Dec 2021 | 6

Pension cold-calling financial services biz cops largest ever fine from UK data watchdog

EB Associates facing £140k penalty for 107,000 illegal calls

Security01 Dec 2021 | 50

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

UK data guardian challenges government proposals on automated decision-making

Plans to change UK regulations could mean a 'significant departure' from EU law, watchdog says

AI + ML23 Nov 2021 | 34

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

You can 'go your own way' over GDPR, says UK's new Information Commissioner

Tells committee: I know I said Facebook was 'morally bankrupt' but...

Security13 Sep 2021 | 103

Right to contest automated AI decision under review as part of UK government data protection consultation

Right not to be subjected to solely automated decisions might not be keeping pace with 'data-driven economy' says document

AI + ML10 Sep 2021 | 37

British data watchdog brings cookies to G7 meeting – pop-up consent requests, not the delicious baked treats

Why are they asking G7 to do their job for them, muses critic

Security07 Sep 2021 | 50

Facebook: Let us tell you WhatsApp – we don't want to pay that €225m GDPR fine

Zuckerborg plans to appeal Irish data protection slap

Legal02 Sep 2021 | 32

UK promises big data law shake-up... while also keeping the EU happy, of course. What could go wrong?

New Information Commissioner to be given licence to promote 'innovation and growth'

Networks26 Aug 2021 | 157

Zoom incompatible with GDPR, claims data protection watchdog for the German city of Hamburg

Updated Takes aim at US videoconferencing software as tech world+dog calls lawyer for a quick chat

SaaS17 Aug 2021 | 80

Gov.UK taskforce publishes post-Brexit wish-list: 'TIGRR' pounces on GDPR, metric measures

Let's 'free up data for innovation and in the public interest,' says paper

Legal17 Jun 2021 | 123

'Vast majority of people' are onside with a data grab they know next to nothing about, reckons UK health secretary

Comment A day before THAT delay, Matt Hancock told MPs that 'citizens' own the data he'd instructed the health department to take by default

Databases09 Jun 2021 | 86

UK government bows to pressure, agrees to delay NHS Digital grabbing the data of England's GP patients

What's that? Letting people know just weeks before was a bad idea?

Databases08 Jun 2021 | 64

UK's Labour Party calls for delay to NHS Digital's GP data slurp until patients can be properly informed

Plus: National watchdog says pseudonymisation is data processing

Databases07 Jun 2021 | 41

Facial recog firm Clearview hit with complaints in France, Austria, Italy, Greece and the UK

Updated Privacy groups claim images are stored 'indefinitely', even after deletion, in GDPR breach

AI + ML27 May 2021 | 52

Dutch government: Did we say 10 'high data protection risks' in Google Workspace block adoption? Make that 8

Untangling privacy implications of using Google's productivity suite not easy

Security05 Mar 2021 | 23

Can we exhale yet? EU set to rule UK 'adequate' for data sharing in post-Brexit GDPR move

Decision would mean less complicated situation for Blighty's digital economy

Legal15 Feb 2021 | 32

As UK breaks away from Europe, Facebook tells Brits: You'll all be Californians soon

Boris can’t manage a US trade deal, so antisocial media giant has done it for him

Personal Tech16 Dec 2020 | 173

Twitter scores a first for big tech after being fined €450,000 by Ireland's data watchdog for violating the EU's GDPR

Fellow industry giants shuffle feet nervously

Security15 Dec 2020 | 12

Microsoft hasn't had a good time with privacy recently – so here's a tool that checks your data compliance is up to snuff

Sitting comfortably? It's an Azure Purview Preview

Legal04 Dec 2020 | 12

ICANN begs Europe: Please fill in the blanks on this half-assed GDPR-compliant Whois we came up with

We can’t get our community to agree, perhaps you’ll do our job for us?

Networks08 Oct 2020 | 76

EU's decision on UK data adequacy set to become 'political football' in broader Brexit negotiations

There are bigger fish to fry, but policy changes could still scupper a deal

Security29 Sep 2020 | 34

£2.5bn sueball claims Google slurps kids' YouTube browsing habits then sells them on

Video platform is not for under-13s, insists spokesman

Security15 Sep 2020 | 14

Oracle and Salesforce targeted in €10bn GDPR lawsuit backed by profit-making litigation fund

Case to be filed in the Netherlands and London

Security14 Aug 2020 | 16

UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat

Updated COVID-battered businesses win reprieve from Information Commissioner's Office

Security05 Aug 2020 | 41

An axe age, a sword age, Privacy Shield is riven, but what might that mean for European businesses?

Comment The little guys could get caught out with costly consequences

Security20 Jul 2020 | 30

Lock down your data – or get the cheque book out: ICO privacy violation fines are rising, say lawyers

You can thank GDPR for that

Legal20 Jul 2020 | 7

Legal complaint lodged with UK data watchdog over claims coronavirus Test and Trace programme flouts GDPR

'Government is moving too fast, and breaking things as a result'

Security04 Jun 2020 | 121

Wanna force granny to take down that family photo from the internet? No problem. Europe's GDPR to the rescue

Grandchild Digital Picture Removal

Bootnotes22 May 2020 | 50