With LinkedIn denying claims of data exposure, it seems like the previous week was hard on big tech companies as Facebook will face a privacy lawsuit in Dutch Court. Well, time is going to judge what’s going to happen next.
But for now, we are thrilled to inform you that Seers was ranked as Top Vendor in Chamber and Partners Global-wide law tech Vendors Category.
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Seers ranked as Top Vendor in Chamber and Partners Global-wide law tech Vendors Category:
Seers has been ranked as Top Vendor (Band 1) in Chambers and Partners Global-wide Law Tech Vendors: Compliance & Reg Tech category. The research was conducted by 200 Research Analysts across 200 jurisdictions providing nearly 6,000 rankings tables.
LinkedIn data theft exposes 700 million users:
The personal data for 700 million LinkedIn users are up for sale, approximately including 93% company’s members. LinkedIn, however, denies this data breach by saying that the data has been scraped from other websites, including LinkedIn. Read more here
National Health Service (NHS) data breach:
The private data of thousands of patients have been mistakenly shared with strangers, The Independent reported. Read more here
EU and UK data flows to continue:
The European Union Commission has officially signed off data adequacy to the UK. It’s a big deal for UK businesses as it means that the EU will treat the UK as a country with essentially equivalent data protection rules. Read more here
Leeds firm fined £200k for nuisance calls by Information Commissioner Office (ICO):
The firm Brazier Consulting Services Ltd (BCS) was fined £200,000 by Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after receiving 316 complaints of unlawful nuisance calls. The firm made over 11 million calls. Read more here
Facebook to face privacy lawsuit in Dutch Court:
Facebook will face privacy litigation brought up by two nonprofits organisations in the Netherlands. The case hearing will take place in October. Read more here
Google has to face Voice Assistant Privacy Lawsuit: US Federal Court.
The federal judge of the US court has said that Google must face a lawsuit. The lawsuit accuses the company of illegally recording and spreading the private conversations of people. Read more here
New Surveillance laws in Germany raise privacy concerns:
Recently, the German parliament amended the laws granting a great amount of surveillance to intelligence services and federal police, thus raising privacy concerns. Read more here
