{"id":7143,"date":"2021-05-21T12:18:48","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T12:18:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/?p=7143"},"modified":"2023-09-28T05:40:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T05:40:07","slug":"weekly-privacy-updates-21-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/weekly-privacy-updates-21-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Updates This week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Compared to the previous week, where the Amazon Data scam made headlines, this past week has been relatively calm.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet the warning by the EU previous week in terms of data transfer laws should ring alarm bells for the UK.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;As always Facebook managed to take over the headlines with its whirlwind case proceedings in the EU. In case you missed the news and the happenings,<a href=\"https:\/\/seersco.com\/\"> Seers<\/a> has covered all for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy reading !!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/seersco.com\/\">Seers<\/a> Consent Management Platform (CMP) approved by IAB Europe&#8217;s Transparency is also integrated with Google Consent Mode ensuring maximum profits according to your business needs. But what is Google Consent Mode? How does it work? Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/seersco.com\/articles\/google-consent-mode\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Top Stories and Updates<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Suspend Data transfers to the UK if it does not amend laws: says EU<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The civil liberties committee (LIBE), a group under the EU parliament, has urged the UK to change its security laws and data sharing agreements with the US. In case of non-compliance from the UK side, the EU can stop data transfer to the UK. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/press-room\/20210510IPR03816\/data-protection-meps-urge-the-commission-to-amend-uk-adequacy-decisions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Information Commissioner Officer signs MOU with Privacy Commissioner New Zealand:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The memorandum, signed, outlines the cooperation between the Information Commissioner\u2019s Office and the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand. Cooperation in regards to relevant information sharing and data transfer like intelligence etc. were agreed. Read more<a href=\"https:\/\/www.privacy.org.nz\/publications\/statements-media-releases\/opc-ico-mou-signing\/#:~:text=Privacy%20Commissioner%20John%20Edwards%20has,and%20to%20foster%20international%20collaboration.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ban on Facebook in the EU?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, Facebook might face a ban in terms of transatlantic data transfer in the EU. This case is undoubtedly a benchmark for future cases. As Tech giant may face a ban on data transfer of nearly 410 million European users to the US. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/legal\/facebook-data-transfer-ruling-irish-court-due-friday-2021-05-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You are saying \u201cYES\u201d to data breaches if you use Microsoft 365&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly all Microsoft 365 users have faced email data breaches. A recent study claims that 85% of organisations using Microsoft 365 have suffered an email data breach compared to 74% of firms overall. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediapost.com\/publications\/article\/363183\/most-microsoft-365-users-hit-with-email-data-breac.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cyber-attack on Ireland halts health services<\/strong>.Ireland\u2019s health care system has faced a major ransomware attack forcing the state to shut down its health system, locking many hospitals out of their computers. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/irelands-health-service-hit-significant-ransomware-attack\/story?id=77685241#:~:text=DUBLIN%20%2D%2D%20Ireland&#039;s%20health%20care,attack%20in%20the%20country&#039;s%20history.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Google Analytics with More Privacy Controls?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google has recently announced privacy updates for Google Analytics. Google is implementing its advanced machine learning models to the behavioural reporting in Google Analytics. Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationcrm.com\/Articles\/CRM-News\/CRM-Featured-Articles\/Google-Updates-Google-Analytics-with-More-Privacy-Controls-146882.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-50","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seersco.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}