The previous week was filled with tech news and developments. With our beloved pizza outlet Papa John’s getting fined for violating GDPR and top car manufacturing brand, Volkswagen, facing a data breach with 3.3 million people data impacted. Well, in short, the previous week was chaotic.
UK NHS is planning to supply personal data to third parties. Isn’t this a threat to privacy? We are leaving you with this question.
We will be back next week until then keep yourself safe.
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Top Stories and Updates
Papa John’s fined for nuisance marketing mails.
The famous and beloved pizza outlet Papa Jhons was fined £10,000 for sending 168,022 nuisance marketing messages to its customers without the valid consent required by law. ICO received 15 complaints from Papa John’s customers about unconsented marketing text and email. Read more here.
Volkswagen Data breach:3.3 million customers and potential buyers data affected.
Volkswagen revealed that its recent data breach has impacted 3.3 million customers. The majority of the individuals affected were either potential buyers or current users of Audi vehicles. According to Volkswagen, 163,000 individuals with impacted data are in Canada, whereas the others are from the USA. Read more here.
You cannot opt-out of NHS plans to share personal data
More than 1 million patients unable to opt-out of the National Health Service (NHS) plan to share personal data is raising huge privacy concerns. As NHS will exclude names, personal addresses, and other data that could directly identify a patient. Read more here.
The Digital ad industry accused of a major data breach:
The Irish Council for civil liberties is suing the branch of IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) and others for a massive data breach. IAB has big clients like Facebook, and Google, etc. Read more here.
The new ruling from EU watchdogs tightens grip around silicon tech giants:
Facebook, and other Silicon Valley giants, could face potential sanctions in European Union in the subsequent event after the EU’s top court backed the national privacy watchdogs to pursue tech giants. Read more here.
ICO has privacy concerns over facial recognition:
The UK’s Information Commission Office has deep concerns over facial recognition. Information Commissioner has said that she is deeply concerned over live facial recognition (LFR), which can be used “inappropriately, excessively or even recklessly.” Read more here.
America looking for strong watchdog agency for data protection:
US Senator Kristen Gillibrand presented new legislation, the Data Protection Act of 2021, that urges the development of the Data Protection Agency (DPA). This federal agency would protect Americans’ online privacy and data. The USA is one of the only democracies without a dedicated digital protection agency. Read more here.
Personal Data can continue from Britain: EU.
EU member states have agreed that Britain’s standards for protecting personal data are sufficiently high, and personal data can continue to flow. Read more here
