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UK "cavalier attitude to data protection”, having left 500,000 patient records in an unsecured location [41] 2020-01-15 TIM S.p.A. €27,800,000 Italy Unlawful processing for marketing purposes [42] 2020-03-10: Google LLC: SEK 75 M (€7 M) Sweden : Right-to-be-forgotten violations [43] 2020-07-06 BKR €840,000 The Netherlands
On 26 September 2024, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) issued a monetary penalty notice fining the PSNI £750,000 for infringements of data protection law related to the breach. [73] The ICO found that the PSNI had failed to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data from 25 May 2018 to 14 ...
In 1995, the EU passed the Data Protection Directive (DPD), which has recently been replaced with the 2016 General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a comprehensive federal data breach notification law. The GDPR offers stronger data protection laws, broader data breach notification laws, and new factors such as the right to data portability.
In January 2024, a data breach dubbed the "mother of all breaches" was uncovered. [6] Over 26 billion records, including some from Twitter, Adobe, Canva, LinkedIn, and Dropbox, were found in the database. [7] [8] No organization immediately claimed responsibility. [9] In August 2024, one of the largest data security breaches was revealed.
The stolen data contains records for people in the US, UK, and Canada. [13] [14] National Public Data confirmed on August 16, 2024, there was a breach originating from someone trying to breach their systems since December 2023, with the breach occurring from April 2024 and over the next few months.
The Online Safety Act, which became law last year, sets tougher standards for platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok, with an emphasis on child protection and the removal of illegal content.
The Electoral Commission of the United Kingdom suffered a data breach in 2021–2022. [1] [2] [3] In March 2024 it was reported that the UK security services had identified the Chinese government as the perpetrator of the data breach attack. [4]
OSLO (Reuters) -Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1 million Norwegian crowns ($98,500) per day over privacy breaches from Aug. 14, Norway's data protection authority told ...