Week in Review
This week’s privacy updates include the most recent news about data privacy from all around the world.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the UK Cabinet Office £500k for violating data protection law by exposing the personal data of hundreds of 2020 New Year Honors recipients online, putting their safety in danger.
According to The Washington Post, Twitter accidentally suspended a number of accounts after far-right extremists began exploiting the platform’s new private media policy.
Instagram to roll out the child privacy feature next year to safeguard child privacy online and give parents more control over their children activities.
At the Westminster eForum Conference, experts discussed the challenges and opportunities presented by proposed changes to the UK’s data protection framework, which focused on ways to improve data use across the UK economy.
Top Stories and Updates
ICO fined UK Gov £500k for New Years Honour data breach
The UK Cabinet Office has been fined £500k by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for publishing the postal addresses of the 2020 New Year Honours recipients online. The ICO found that the Cabinet Office violated data protection law by failing to put in place the appropriate technical and organisational measures to stop the breach. Read more here.
Twitter admits policy ‘errors’ after far-right abuse
According to The Washington Post, Twitter accidentally suspended a number of accounts after far-right extremists began exploiting the platform’s new private media policy. Since then, the platform has conducted an internal investigation and implemented the required changes. Far-right activists are using Twitter’s new policy, which allows users to request takedowns of photos or videos, to erase photos of themselves taken during hate rallies. Read more here.
Instagram to roll out child privacy safeguard feature next year
Instagram has unveiled a number of new and experimental features aimed at making the app a safer place for minors. Instagram will release features for parents and guardians in March 2022, that will allow them to track how much time their children spend on the applications and establish time limitations. Read more here.
Experts discuss upcoming changes to the UK’s GDPR
Experts highlighted the opportunities and problems presented by proposed changes to the UK’s data protection framework at the Westminster eforum conference, which focused on ways to improve data use across the UK economy. The debate took place in the context of the UK government’s recent public consultation on the country’s data protection law, which ended in November. This mainly focused on possible modifications to the UK GDPR in order to improve data flow. Read more here.
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