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CNIL sanction of € 400,000 for data breach and non-compliance with retention periods

  • 2019-06-06
  • PrivacyRules News Monitor

The CNIL has pronounced a sanction of 400 000 euros against the company SERGIC for having insufficiently protected the data of the users of its web site and implemented modalities of conservation of the inappropriate data.

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Hong Kong privacy watchdog says Cathay Pacific Airlines did not follows data protection principles for passengers’ personal data

  • 2019-06-06
  • PrivacyRules News Monitor

After a Data Breach occurred in March 2018, the commissioner for personal data, Stephen Kai-yi Wong, published a report who criticizes the airline for “lax” data governance, pointing at its failure to identify common vulnerabilities and put in place measures to plug them.

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Head of French cyber security agency says that Huawei Technologies Co. won’t be allowed to access users’ location data

  • 2019-06-06
  • PrivacyRules News Monitor

France is looking at ways to stop Huawei being used in critical parts of the network containing key data such as users’ locations and encryption keys.

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EDPB, Guidelines on Codes of Conduct, annex to the Guidelines on Accreditation, annex to the Guidelines on Certification

  • 2019-06-05
  • PrivacyRules News Monitor

The EDPB adopted a final version of the Guidelines on Codes of Conduct, of the annex to the Guidelines on Accreditation and a final version of annex 2 to the Guidelines on Certification.

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Google faces privacy complaints in European countries

  • 2019-06-04
  • PrivacyRules News Monitor

Google’s privacy woes are set to increase after campaigners on Tuesday filed complaints to data protection regulators in France, Germany and seven other EU countries over the way it deals with data in online advertising.