Italians ignoring laws? tell me it isn't so

New research released today by Finbold reveals that Italians are shelling out the most for fines under the European privacy law.

Government and employers are still not allowed to spy on you

While Europe’s privacy rules do not create obstacles to taking action to curb the coronavirus epidemic the legislator's watchdogs have warned that mass tracking of people’s movements and contacts using smartphone location data is right out.

Many Volish contracts questioned

Microsoft's contracts with European Union institutions do not fully comply with the law, the EU’s data watchdog has growled.

A year on and two surveys show they are clueless

Despite having had a year to adjust to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), firms still use the same day to day practices to secure personal data. Research conducted by global security company ESET, and Kingston Digital, showed that businesses practise similar methods to safeguard data used by their employees as they did pre GDPR era.

EU showed the way

Microsoft Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Julie Brill has called for the US to adopt a similar sort of privacy regulation to the EU.

Too much data gathering

Software king of the world Microsoft is about to face a kicking from the European Union over its 'large scale and covert' gathering of people's info via Office.

Could prevent financial investigations

Financial watchdogs from North America, Britain and Asia are urgently seeking a formal exemption from the European Union’s tough new data privacy law to avoid hampering cross-border investigations.

Heavy rain, interspersed with scattered showers

With only a few hours to go before the introduction of Europe's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), peoples' email inboxes are filling with what can only be described as high level spam.