Last week Google shocked the tech world with its plan on delaying the third-party cookie ban. In the UK, it seems as the series of GDPR violations have continued as Information Commissioner Office (ICO) fines the company £130,000 for nuisance calls.
Also, 1.6 Million People data exposed in Mercedes-Benz Data Breach.
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Top Stories and Updates
Google delays ban on third-party cookies:
In its latest blog post last week, Google announced its delay in banning the third party cookie. Google now plans to phase out third-party cookies in the second of 2023. Read more here
1.6 Million People data exposed in Mercedes-Benz Data Breach:
The data breach of Mercedes-Benz on third-party vendors exposed the personal data of 1.6 million prospective and actual customers. The breach disclosed only 1000 people, very sensitive data like social security numbers, etc. Read more here
UK SMEs cannot fight cyber-attacks:
Small and Medium-scale enterprises across the UK are struggling to handle the cyber-attack threats and fear that they cannot withstand cyber-attacks, a report produced by Arctic Wolf claims. Read more here
Over 700 data breaches were reported to ICO by UK local councils in 2020
The data disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act reveals approximately 700 data breaches reported to Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) last year. Read more here
Information Commissioner Office fines company £130,000 for nuisance calls:
Information Commissioner’s Office fines Color Coat Ltd, a home improvement company £130,000. The company made over 900,000 nuisance marketing calls to recipients in just over eight months. Read more here
EU Privacy agencies EDPB and EDPS call for a ban on facial recognition:
Europe’s two privacy watchdogs, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), urged for the ban on use of facial recognition in public spaces terming it as “extremely risk on privacy.” Read more here
EU Commission plans to make Joint Cyber Unit for handling cyber-attacks:
The European Commission has recently announced to build a Joint Cyber Unit to tackle massive cyber-attacks. The cyber-attacks in Europe rose from 432 in 2019 to 756 in 2020. Read more here
China Finalizes Data Security law on 10th June, Here’s what you need to know:
China has developed a comprehensive regulatory framework for the protection and processing of different types of data. Read more here
