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Business & Government Intermediate read
The EU’s Digital Services Act is likely to become a battlefield for European digital policy and could be a standard-setting law for the global digital sphere.
Here inFinland, a private psychotherapy clinic was hacked, and the therapist notes for up to 40,000 patients were stolen. Now the attacker has emailed the victims, asking each for 200 € ransom in Bitcoin.
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) orders the credit reference agency Experian Limited to make fundamental changes to how it handles people’s personal data within its direct marketing services. The enforcement notice follows a two-year investigation by the ICO into how Experian, Equifax and TransUnion used personal data within their data broking businesses for direct marketing purposes.
Business & Government Simple read
Facebook could face a large fine if Instagram is found to have broken European Union privacy laws.
Enabling citizens to act on climate change, for sustainable development and environmental protection through education, citizen science, observation initiatives, and civic engagement.
Interesting development on privacy and analytics: Microsoft announced a free GDPR compliant user behavior analytics tool.
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