19/07/20 GDPR Community Round-Up

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

• Update, "It’s Time To Say Goodbye To The EU-US Privacy Shield"

• Insight, "Dissecting The Twitter Hack With A Cybersecurity Evangelist"

• News, "Martin Lewis warns test and trace customers unlawfully pestered with marketing texts. Consumer champion Martin Lewis was “shocked” when he got a text from his barber following a post-lockdown haircut last week".

• Breach Update, "Twitter says 130 accounts targeted, 45 compromised in security breach. Eight non-verified accounts had their data, including DMs downloaded".

• Opinion, "Forget TikTok. There are better ways to protect Americans' data from China. Analysis: Focusing on the video app's security issues overlooks the common-sense changes that could keep all Americans safe".

• Update, "EU court rules Privacy Shield data protection tool to be invalid"

• Update, "European Court of Justice Declares the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Invalid and Provides Additional Obligations on Companies Using Standard Contractual Clauses"

• Egypt Update, "Sisi endorses law on personal data protection"

• Malta Udpate, "How Malta's courts interpreted a data protection quandry. Court judgement sheds light on role of 'data controllers'".

• Update, "Life After the Privacy Shield: Standard Contractual Clauses Get Tougher Requirements. Despite the Court of Justice of the European Union invalidating the Privacy Shield, EU to U.S. data transfers aren't dead. But stiffer data collection and security protocols, and government intervention, will now be needed."

• Inisght, "Work from Home: Cyber security, contact-tracing apps are serious threats. What’s the way forward?"

*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.