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Amazon Alexa/NHS contract : ICO allows partial disclosure - 3 mai 2021
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued a decision on our complaint relating to the failure by the UK Department of Health and Social Care to disclose the full, unredacted contract with Amazon.
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PI obtained a decision by the ICO ordering the disclosure of a section of the contract between the (...)
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UK data regulator takes enforcement action to rein in data brokers’ use of people’s personal data - 29 octobre 2020
In a landmark decision that shines a light on widespread data protecton failings by the entire data broker industry, the ICO has today taken enforcement action against Experian, based in part on a complaint PI made in 2018.
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October 2020 update : Following our complaints to regulators in 2018 (...)
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ICO takes enforcement action against Experian after data broking investigation - 28 octobre 2020
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 (...)
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MPs criticise privacy watchdog over NHS test-and-trace data - 22 août 2020
UK information commissioner ‘must ensure government uses public’s data safely and legally’
A cross-party group of more than 20 MPs has accused the UK’s privacy watchdog of failing to hold the government to account for its failures in the NHS coronavirus test-and-trace programme.
The MPs have urged Elizabeth Denham, (...)
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Adtech giant Criteo is being investigated by France’s data watchdog - 3 juillet 2020
Adtech giant Criteo is under investigation by the French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, following a complaint filed by privacy rights campaign group Privacy International.
“I can confirm that the CNIL has opened up an investigation into Criteo . We are in the trial phase, so we can’t communicate at this (...)
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EasyJet a mis plus de 2 mois à réparer la fuite de données touchant 9 millions de clients - 27 mai 2020
Un message envoyé par EasyJet à ses 9 millions de victimes de la fuite de données précise l’ampleur du problème technique. Les données ont fuité pendant près de 5 mois, et il s’est écoulé près de deux mois entre le repérage de la fuite et sa réparation.
La chronologie de la gestion de la fuite d’EasyJet devient de plus en plus (...)
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It wasn’t just a few credit cards : Entire travel itineraries were stolen by hackers, Easyjet now tells victims - 27 mai 2020
Unsurpisingly budget airline goes cheap : No payout or credit monitoring
Victims of the Easyjet hack are now being told their entire travel itineraries were accessed by hackers who helped themselves to nine million people’s personal details stored by the budget airline.
As reported earlier this week, the data was (...)
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Experts warn of privacy risk as US uses GPS to fight coronavirus spread | Technology | The Guardian - 4 avril 2020
Mobile advertising companies can collect detailed data about Americans’ movements
A transatlantic divide on how to use location data to fight coronavirus risks highlights the lack of safeguards for Americans’ personal data, academics and data scientists have warned.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (...)
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Coronavirus : « Une classification systématique d’une population en fonction d’un critère de santé est dangereuse » - 30 mars 2020
Le comité CARE, mis en place par le président de la République, doit inclure des spécialistes des libertés fondamentales, observe l’avocate Zoé Vilain, dans une tribune au « Monde », pour éviter une surveillance généralisée des citoyens et de leur vie privée.
Depuis le 17 mars 2020, toute personne sur le territoire français (...)
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Des sociétés de paris britanniques détournent les données personnelles de 28 millions d’enfants - 23 janvier 2020
Ces entreprises ont eu accès à un nombre de données tel que l’on peut parler de l’une des plus grandes violations de données jamais enregistrées outre-Manche.
Plusieurs sociétés de paris en ligne ont eu accès aux données personnelles de 28 millions d’enfants et étudiants britanniques, provenant d’une base de données (...)
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Is the ICO going soft on the ’out of control’ adtech industry ? - 23 janvier 2020
On Friday the Information Commissioner’s Office’s lead investigator on real-time bidding, executive director for technology and innovation Simon McDougall, signalled that the body would not bring enforcement action against Google and the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
The ICO warned it would use its regulatory (...)
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Department of Education criticised for secretly sharing children’s data - 14 novembre 2019
Information commissioner acts after complaint that data is used for immigration enforcement
The UK’s privacy regulator has criticised the Department for Education (DfE) for secretly sharing children’s personal data with the Home Office, triggering fears it could be used for immigration enforcement as part of the (...)
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Facebook agrees to pay fine over Cambridge Analytica scandal - 30 octobre 2019
Company withdraws appeal against £500,000 penalty imposed by UK data watchdog
Facebook has agreed to pay a £500,000 fine, the highest possible, to the Information Commissioner’s Office over the Cambridge Analytica scandal, ending more than a year of litigation between the regulator and social network.
The ICO (...)
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Data collection leads to discrimination and self-censorship, MPs told - 20 juin 2019
Human rights committee launches inquiry into right to privacy and digital revolution
Widespread data collection practices lead to self-censorship and discrimination even though most users are not fully aware of how much their privacy is being infringed, a parliamentary committee has been warned.
On Wednesday, (...)
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Uber fined £385,000 for data breach affecting millions of passengers - 28 novembre 2018
Firm failed to tell 35 million users and 3.7 million drivers their data was hacked in 2016
Uber’s European operation has been fined £385,000 for a data breach that affected almost 3 million British users, the Information Commissioner’s Office has announced.
In November 2016, attackers obtained credentials to access (...)
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Le million ! Uber prend deux amendes des CNIL britannique et néerlandaise - 28 novembre 2018
Aux Pays-Bas, l’Autorité de protection des données personnelles a infligé une amende de 600 000 euros contre le service de VTC. Au Royaume-Uni, la Commission de protection des données (ICO) a porté la note à 385 000 livres (435 000 euros). La sanction suit une large fuite de données datée d’octobre et novembre 2016. (...)
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Amazon hit with major data breach days before Black Friday - 23 novembre 2018
Customers’ names and email addresses posted on website, tech giant confirms
Amazon has suffered a major data breach that caused customer names and email addresses to be disclosed on its website, just two days ahead of Black Friday.
The e-commerce giant said it has emailed affected customers but refused to give (...)
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Cambridge Analytica : Facebook estime qu’il n’a pas à payer l’amende de 560 000 euros - 22 novembre 2018
Facebook a été condamné à verser une amende de 500 000 livres au Royaume-Uni, suite à l’affaire Cambridge Analytica. Mais le réseau social estime qu’il n’a pas à la payer.
Au mois de juillet, l"˜équivalent de notre Cnil au Royaume-Uni infligeait une amende de 500 000 livres (soit environ 560 000 euros) à Facebook. Elle (...)
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Facebook doit payer 560.000€ en Grande Bretagne suite au scandale Cambridge Analytica - 29 octobre 2018
Facebook a été officiellement condamné à verser une amende de 500.000 livres sterling par l’Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) du Royaume-Uni pour son rôle dans le scandale de Cambridge Analytica.
Jeudi, l’OIC a déclaré que le montant de l’amende est définitif, et ne peut être modifiée. L’amende a été infligée suite au (...)
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Watchdog investigates links between Canadian data firm and Vote Leave - 12 juillet 2018
Information Commissioner’s Office inquiry into AggregateIQ is one of many started by ICO in response to data misuse claims
The Information Commissioner’s Office is investigating the relationship between the Canadian data firm AggregateIQ, Vote Leave and a number of other leave campaigns, the body has said in a (...)
