
Mar 25, 20222 min read
Top News: New EU-US privacy deal, TransUnion faces data breach, and more
EU, US reach agreement on transatlantic data sharing The US and the European Union have reached a political agreement to allow the free...

Mar 18, 20221 min read
Top news: Tesla sued under BIPA, Ireland DPC fines Meta, and more
Tesla sued under BIPA Tesla has been hit with a class-action lawsuit alleging the company violated the Illinois Biometric Information...

Mar 4, 20221 min read
Top News: POTUS calls for kids' online safety, Yahoo pulls out of China, and more
Biden demands better online safety for kids In his first State of the Union address, President Biden drew attention towards improving...

Feb 25, 20221 min read
Top news: Anonymous targets Russian websites, Data leak at Credit Suisse, and more
Data leak at Credit Suisse invites scrutiny A massive leak from Credit Suisse has exposed the details of accounts linked to 30,000...

Feb 18, 20221 min read
Top news: Retailers suffer data breach, Texas AG sues Meta, and more
500 online retailers experience data breach A data breach involving more than 500 online retailers was discovered by security service...

Feb 11, 20221 min read
Top News: RIPTA data breach, CNIL finds Google Analytics breach, and more
IRS stops the use of facial recognition software The U.S. Internal Revenue Service will cease the use of facial recognition to help...

Feb 4, 20221 min read
Top News: French ministry under cyberattack, Belgian DPA fines IAB Europe, and more
Cameras in supermarkets to verify buyers’ age Several supermarket chains in the UK have started testing an automated age-verification...

Jan 28, 20222 min read
Top news: UN’s new PETs project, Google replaces FloC, and more
EU proposes digital rights principles; Enel Energia fined; UN's PETs project; Google replaces FloC; UK forms Data Transfer Expert Council.

Jan 21, 20222 min read
Top news: New Privacy Bills proposed in Senate, Accellion’s $8.1m settlement, and more
Banning Surveillance Advertising Act introduced in Senate A new bill has been introduced in the Senate that aims to ban the use of...

Jan 14, 20222 min read
Top News: Panasonic confirms data breach, new privacy bills in US, and more
Hackers access candidate data from Panasonic Panasonic has confirmed that hackers accessed the personal information of job candidates by...