The Irish data protection authority faced strong criticism fin the past for failing to apply GDPR sanctions to Big Tech. Let’s consider that the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) supervises most big U.S. and Chinese tech firms. The lack of action by the authority becomes a significant issue. However, with this new decision, the Irish...
The Irish DPC issued a record fine of euros 405 million against Instagram. The fine was levied as a result of an investigation into the Social Media handling of children’s data. Read more on Reuters
Cyber-security analysts warned about a possible TikTok’s data breach which may have involved over 2 billion users’ personal data. Read More
The website of the LockBit ransomware operations, a space where the hackers were publishing the data stolen through their operations, fell offline due to a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack allegedly launched in response to the cybercriminals. Read more on Security Week.
Oracle has been accused of handling a “worldwide surveillance machine”, used to compile and sell personal data, in a class action filed by privacy rights activists in California. Read more at CSO online
The Italian Competition Authority (AGCOM) has opened an investigation targeting Google for allegedly abusing its dominant position. According to the Authority, Google would have hindered the sharing of data with other platforms in Italy. Read more on the AGCOM official website here
The Russian court issued a fine of 1 million rubles to Zoom Video Communications and a sanctionn of 2 million rubles to Apple Inc. after confirming that the storage and processing of personal data of Russian users was carried out on the territory of the Russian Federation. Read more here (source in Russian only).
A ransomware attack hitting La Poste Mobile has blocked its administrative and management services. This may expose its clients to identity theft and phishing attacks. Read more
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