05/08/20 GDPR Community Round-Up

Here’s a round-up of interesting reading we found online today*;

• News, "EU Applies First Ever Sanctions in Response to Cyber-Attacks"

• Insight, "What impact has COVID-19 had on the data breach landscape?"

• News, "Privacy Shield Downfall Hits Companies Sharing Data With EU"Insight, "Conquering Fear Is Essential For IT Security"

• News "Hungary’s Data Protection Chief Proposes ‘Facebook Law’"

• Breach Update, "Meetup Security Flaws Exposed 44 Million Members To Data Loss And Payment Threat".

• Breach Update, "BA expects to pay just £20m for data breach. The airline anticipates its fine will be written down by as much as 90pc from its initial £183m".

• Breach Update, "WhatsApp spyware attack: senior clergymen in Togo among activists targeted. Bishop from Togo among 1,400 individuals alerted by WhatsApp to malware attack".

• Update, "Twitter Faces $250m Fine for Using Personal Data to Create Targeted Adverts"

• Breach Update, "Morgan Stanley sued for failing to wipe client data from old computer equipment"

*These sites aren’t affiliated with GDPR Community and these aren’t an advertisement, they’re simply site’s we’ve thought the community might have an interest in reading.