A private clinic specializing in assisted reproductive technology (ART), experienced a significant data breach due to a cyberattack. The breach compromised the personal data of approximately 400 individuals, including patients and employees. The affected data included identity, contact information, financial details, and sensitive health and genetic information. Even though the breach was detected on 21 […]
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Clearview AI fined again, this time in France
The French Data Protection Authority, Commission Nationale de L’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has issued a fine of €20 million against Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview), a company that now claims to have more than 30 billion images used for facial recognition. Clearview collects photos from all sorts of directly accessible websites, social media platforms and […]
ICO fine for unlawful facial recognition
Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview) is a company dedicated to facial recognition. Clearview created a data base of over 20 billion images indexed from the Internet and social media and developed a facial recognition algorithm to analyze and match faces. Clearview compares sample images provided by its clients (mostly law enforcement bodies, governments, and banks) with […]
Fines by the Spanish Data Protection Authority on cookies and the measures to verify customers’ identities.
In April 2022, the Spanish data protection supervisory authority – Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) – issued several fines and in this article, we will review four decisions totaling 178,000 euros. What and why is the AEPD issuing fines? Unlawful use of cookies and outdated policies In Decisions 482, 483, and 603, the […]
We will record this call for contract proving purposes
The French data protection supervisory authority, Commission Nationale de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), recently published a Guide (25.04.2022) about call recording to prove the formation of a contract. When to record? The rule of thumb is to record calls that are necessary because there are no other means of proving that the data subject has […]
REJECT ALL by Google
Google introduced a “reject all” cookie button for Search and YouTube. Google launched in France a cookie banner enabling users to use Search and YouTube and “REJECT ALL” the cookies used for personalizing content and ads, measuring their effectiveness, or developing or improving new Google services. With the new cookie banner design, users are expected […]
The Information Officer and Deputy Information Officer in South African Data Protection Law
The 1st of July 2021 the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) will come completely into force; therefore, companies and multinationals located within South Africa shall be liable for becoming POPIA compliant. This regulation, along with the Promotion of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000 (PAIA) comprise the main data protection […]