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\u2019s going to happen next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. Seers<\/a> 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The private data of thousands of patients have been mistakenly shared with strangers, The Independent reported. Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The firm <\/strong>Brazier Consulting Services Ltd (BCS) was fined \u00a3200,000 <\/strong>by Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after receiving 316 complaints of unlawful nuisance calls. The firm made over 11 million calls. Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n 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<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read about this and more in Seers<\/a> Weekly Update, and we will see you next week<\/p>\n\n\n\nTop Stories and Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Seers ranked as Top Vendor in Chamber and Partners Global-wide law tech Vendors Category:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
LinkedIn data theft exposes 700 million users:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
National Health Service (NHS) data breach:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
EU and UK data flows to continue:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Leeds firm fined \u00a3200k for nuisance calls by Information Commissioner Office (ICO):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Facebook to face privacy lawsuit in Dutch Court:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Google has to face Voice Assistant Privacy Lawsuit: US Federal Court.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
New Surveillance laws in Germany raise privacy concerns:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n