All posts in GDPR

The GDPR, in effect for five years on May 25, has influenced the U.S. data privacy laws and is likely to exert itself when AI creates a new set of privacy challenges. Image: Lucadp/Adobe Stock Fundamentally, the General Data Protection Regulation’s right-to-privacy focus — giving people provenance over their data . . . Read more

by Paul Ducklin We’ve said this before, but we’ll repeat it again here: Imagine that you’d spoken in what you thought was total confidence to a psychotherapist, but the contents of your sessions had been saved for posterity, along with precise personal identification details such as your unique national ID . . . Read more

by Paul Ducklin The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) – the country’s data protection regulator – has fined online travel and hotel booking company Booking.com almost half a million Euros over a data breach. Interestingly, the fine was issued not merely because there was a breach, but because the company . . . Read more

by Paul Ducklin Can we regulate cyberspace? Is GDPR working? What about encryption? And how to protect healthcare at this critical time? In this special episode of the Naked Security Podcast, we talk to an insightful cybersecurity expert with a storied history in the industry, John Noble CBE: LISTEN NOW . . . Read more
13 Nov, 2020
$1.65 million, 1.25 million, Breach, chatbot, data breach, Europe, fine, GDPR, General Data Protection Regulation, Government, Hacks, ICO, magecart, Malware, Security News, ticketmaster uk, Web Security
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The events giant faces a GDPR-related penalty in the U.K., and more could follow. Ticketmaster’s UK division has been slapped with a $1.65 million fine by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK, over its 2018 data breach that impacted 9.4 million customers. The fine (£1.25million) has been levied . . . Read more

by Paul Ducklin Did you know you can join us for a live cybersecurity lecture every Friday? Just keep an eye on the @NakedSecurity Twitter feed or check our Facebook page on Fridays to find out the time we’ll be on air – it’s usually somewhere between 18:00 and 19:00 . . . Read more