A private clinic specializing in assisted reproductive technology (ART), experienced a significant data breach due to a cyberattack. The breach compromised the personal data of approximately 400 individuals, including patients and employees. The affected [...]
The French Data Protection Authority, Commission Nationale de L’Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), has issued a fine of €20 million against Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview), a company that now claims to have more than 30 billion images used for facial recognition. Clearview c [...]
Clearview AI (hereafter Clearview) is a company dedicated to facial recognition. Clearview created a data base of over 20 billion images indexed from the Internet and social media and developed a facial recognition algorithm to analyze and match faces. [...]
In April 2022, the Spanish data protection supervisory authority – Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (AEPD) – issued several fines and in this article, we will review four decisions totaling 178,000 euros. What and why is the AEPD issuing fines? Unlawful use of cookie [...]
The French data protection supervisory authority, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), recently published a Guide (25.04.2022) about call recording to prove the formation of a contract. When to record? The rule of thumb is to record calls [...]
Google introduced a “reject all” cookie button for Search and YouTube. Google launched in France a cookie banner enabling users to use Search and YouTube and “REJECT ALL” the cookies used for personalizing content and ads, measuring their effectiveness, [...]
The 1st of July 2021 the Protection of Personal Information Act 4 of 2013 (POPIA) will come completely into force; therefore, companies and multinationals located within South Africa shall be liable for becoming POPIA compliant. This regulation, along with [...]
