27/05/20 GDPR Community Round-Up

Here’s a round-up of interesting reading we found online today*;
France’s data protection watchdog CNIL has released its second review of StopCovid, the contact-tracing app backed by the French government. The CNIL says there’s no major issue with the technical implementation and legal framework around StopCovid, with some caveats. The smartphone app is set to be rolled out at the weekend after it got the green light Tuesday from the national data protection authority.
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has run up a legal bill of over €2.9m as a result of the long-running Max Schrems’ data case. In May 2016, Commissioner, Helen Dixon commenced the legal action that has involved a six-week hearing at the High Court in Dublin. Historical Institutional Abuse: Stormont to investigate a data breach. Stormont's Department of Finance is conducting an investigation into a data breach involving the identities of hundreds of historical abuse survivors, the first minister has said.
Interview: The Security Queens by Dan Raywood Deputy Editor, Infosecurity Magazine.
*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.