06/08/20 GDPR Community Round-Up

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

• Update, "UK data watchdog having a hard time making GDPR fines stick: Marriott scores another extension, BA prepares to pay 11% of £183m penalty threat. COVID-battered businesses win a reprieve from Information Commissioner's Office".

• Breach Update, "UK Dentists May Have Had Bank Details Stolen Following Data Breach"

• Opinion, "In a twist, GDPR made some user data more valuable to marketers".

• News, "Parliamentary Panel Calls Facebook For Deposition On PDP Bill".

• Update, "TikTok to open $500m data centre in Ireland".

• Opinion, "Grassroots Data Security: Leveraging User Knowledge to Set Policy"

• News, "Twitter faces $250m fine over new data privacy issue. Social media giant accused of personal information misuse for tailored advertising".

• News, "USA decides to cleanse local networks of anything Chinese under new five-point national data security plan. ‘Clean Network’ initiative bans use of Chinese clouds, names Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent as compromised"

• Update, "Antitrust and Data Protection Emerge as Top FTC Priorities During Senate Hearing".

*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.