Data Protection
Sensitive information of innocent people structurally stored in Dutch police databases
People who were wrongfully accused of a misdemeanor or other criminal offense, are of course free to go. Their mugshots, fingerprints, and personal information however, is structurally stored in databases controlled by the police and public prosecution service. Legally, this information should be deleted.
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Irish DPA fines Meta for €251M for security breach
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has announced that Meta has to pay a fine of €251 million for a data breach that happened in July 2017.
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Netflix fined for not properly informing customers
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of €4.75 million onto Netflix for providing insufficient information about what the company did with user data between 2018 and 2020.
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Dutch DPA struggling to collect GDPR fines outside the EU
The Dutch data protection authority (DPA) can hardly collect fines given to businesses and organizations outside the European Union (EU).
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23andMe willing to pay $ 30M to settle data breach
23andMe has agreed to pay $ 30 million to settle a lawsuit over a data breach that exposed personal information of 6.9 million customers.
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Meta is training AI model with data of British Facebook and Instagram users
Meta will begin training its AI model using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram in the United Kingdom over the coming months.
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Dutch DPA imposes € 290M fine on Uber for transferring drivers’ data to the US
The Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens has issued a fine of € 290 million to Uber for transferring personal data of European taxi drivers to the United States and failing to properly safeguard the data.
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FitBit collects more about you than other fitness apps – report
FitBit collects the most information about its users, but when it comes to sharing data, BetterMe is the top contender, according to new research.
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How to assure the privacy of your smart speaker if you can't get rid of it?
With IoT came its by-products; the smart cities, which consist of smart homes that comprise smart devices. Smart speakers...
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How to block ads on your Internet browser in 2022
Image source – Shutterstock Are you tired of sitting through a 25-second un-skippable ad to watch a one-minute YouTube video?...
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Eavesdroppers & snoopers might be stealing your data while you browse the internet
Do you frequently use public networks to access the internet? Do you worry that your data might be stolen from...
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Mаkіng сomplех еаsy. How to gеt а frее SSL сеrtіfісаtе аnԁ whаt іs іt supposеԁ to protесt іn 2022?
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How are corporations following our traces in 2022? Guidance on Facebook and Google anti-tracking measures
Since the advent of the internet, we used to fear bad actors that could steal our private data or misuse...
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Website Security 101
Do you own any sort of website? Do you think it has many vulnerabilities? Worried it might be hacked? It...
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How to hide IP address: theory and practice
In this article, there is all the necessary information on the “hide IP address” topic. But if you don’t need...
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Top 9 tips for strong password security
How many services online are you registered to? If this number is much higher than the count of your known...
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"It is clean”. Easy and quickly steps for cleaning browser history
Did you know that cookies can track you? Oh, you will probably think that I have read too much many...
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5 fundamental principles to protect Data Centers taken from Nuclear Weapon stocks security
Data theft or Nuclear Weapon Theft? I am not sure which is worse today. Protection of modern Data Centers is...
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