General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Standards, Regulations & Compliance Ride-Hailing Company Fined for Inadequate Data Transparency Practices Under GDPR Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 1, 2024 Uber must pay 10 million euros to the Dutch data protection authority. (Image: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images) Uber must pay a fine of 10 million euros to […]
France’s data protection authority fined Amazon €32 million ($34.7 million) for excessively monitoring employees in its large warehouses and for not deleting that data in a timely manner, among other alleged offenses it said violated the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The organization, the Commission Nationale Informatique et Libertés (CNIL), cited how an […]
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Standards, Regulations & Compliance Company Fined for Dropping Advertising Cookies Without Consent Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • January 19, 2024 Yahoo will pay 10 million euros to the French government. (Image: Shutterstock) The French data regulator imposed a fine of 10 million euros on Yahoo after determining that […]
The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence has been fined £350,000 (about $440,000) for its failure to protect the information of Afghans who worked with the British government and sought relocation shortly after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said it is issuing the fine because the mistake “could […]
A former NHS secretary has been fined by the data protection regulator after illegally accessing the medical records of over 150 people. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said that a complaint was first lodged back in June 2019, after a patient raised concerns that their records had been improperly accessed by Loretta Alborghetti, from Redditch. […]
Credit bureau company, Equifax, has been fined US$13.4 million by The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), a UK financial watchdog, following its involvement in “one of the largest” data breaches ever. This cyber security incident took place in 2017 and saw Equifax’s US-based parent company, Equifax Inc., suffer a data breach that saw the personal data of up […]