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Vodafone fined for GDPR infractions in Germany
Failure to adequately monitor the work of third-party agencies and security deficiencies of online portal lead to a €45m ($51m) fine.
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IMY fines Swedish Equality Ombudsman over data security failures
The Swedish Government Agency failed to keep sensitive data contained in a web form fully secure.
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Podcast: Alice Wallbank from Shoosmiths on data privacy and cyber security issues
We spoke about: CrowdStrike outage, Ashley Madison data breach, prevalence of cyberattacks, government oversight and regulation.
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Irish DPC fines Meta €91m for password storage failures
Meta Ireland stored social media users passwords in ‘plaintext’ without encryption.
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Electricity and gas firm fined €5m for unsolicited contacts and using old data
More than 2,300 customers were contacted, with some ‘relationships on paper’ endorsed with false signatures.
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Norwegian university fined for GDPR violations when using Microsoft Teams
Around 16,000 registered users connected to the university were affected, included Ukrainian refugees.
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Irish data watchdog reveals 20% increase in data cases handled in 2023
The DPC reports a busy year with increasing cases and GDPR breaches, and a record fine on Meta.
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Are data processors really immune from data protection fines under GDPR?
When do regulators choose to go after data processors instead of data controllers?