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coronavirus pandemic

Beyond the pandemic – What will the criminal landscape look like after Covid-19?

12/05/2020(0)
New Europol report assesses the impact of the pandemic on serious and organised crime across three phases. Based on criminal information from investigations in the Member States, Europol is ... Read More
General Data Protection Regulation

Coronavirus adds an extra layer of challenge to health data under the GDPR

24/03/2020(0)
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has very strict conditions regarding the collection and handling of sensitive health data; these terms remain in effect even as Europe adopts ... Read More
forex scam

Alert! Criminals taking advantage of coronavirus anxiety to defraud victims online

18/03/2020(0)
INTERPOL is encouraging the public to exercise caution when buying medical supplies online during the current health crisis, with criminals capitalizing on the situation to run a range of ... Read More
forex scam

The SIM hijackers: How criminals are stealing millions by hijacking phone numbers

16/03/2020(0)
It is a common story: the signal bars disappears from their mobile phones, they call the phone number – it rings, but it’s not their phone ringing. They try ... Read More
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Europe embarks on economic revolution with landmark climate law

05/03/2020(0)
Europe wants to make it illegal by 2050 to emit more greenhouse gases than can be removed from the atmosphere. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a ... Read More
General Data Protection Regulation

Facial recognition technology breaches GDPR says Vestager

19/02/2020(0)
Margrethe Vestager, EU’s tech chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday that facial recognition technologies breach the need to give consent, which is stipulated in Europe’s data protection rules (GDPR). ... Read More
General Data Protection Regulation

Data protection fines hit £100m during first 18 months of GDPR

23/01/2020(0)
European countries have imposed approximately €114 million (£97 million) in data protection fines on businesses since revamped laws came into force in May 2018. Regulators have received 160,000 data ... Read More
General Data Protection Regulation

The Personal Data Commissioner in Cyprus slaps record fines for data violations

14/01/2020(0)
The Office of the Commissioner for Personal Data Protection in Cyprus, an independent public authority responsible for monitoring the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and other laws in ... Read More
data protection

Europeans should control their B-to-B data, says EU commissioner

08/01/2020(0)
The United States and China are the world’s leaders in harvesting and exploiting personal data and the European Union must make sure the same thing does not happen when ... Read More
General Data Protection Regulation

Internet provider faces big GDPR fine for lax call centre checks

30/12/2019(0)
A German internet service provider faces a €9.6m ($10.6m; £8m) fine after being accused of failing to carry out tough enough customer ID checks. Germany’s data protection watchdog said ... Read More
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