Irish data regulator DPC increases Twitter’s GDPR fine for tweeting bug, after watchdogs in Austria, Germany, Italy argued it was too low

Irish data regulator DPC increases Twitter’s GDPR fine for tweeting bug, after watchdogs in Austria, Germany, Italy argued it was too low
Data protection watchdog reconsiders its £183.4 million fine against British Airways for 2018 data breach, and lowers it down to £20 million
Milestone ruling. The UK Court of Appeal rules use of automatic facial recognition (AFR) tech by South Wales Police is unlawful
Campaigners claim that UK’s track and trace scheme broke data protection laws, but experts say non-compliance understandable considering unprecedented emergency
Change of terms of service will see British Google accounts moved out from Irish (European Union) control and placed within US jurisdiction
Largest Google Cloud event in Europe sees search engine giant commit to enhance European data protection with additional tools
Facebook’s Libra questions from EU regulator concern use of customer data and anti-competitive issues
Intelligence agency did not store data correctly and kept it for too long, official watchdog warns
Rise in theft of tech from the NHS has prompted warning about cyber risk to patient data
Irish data protection watchdog begins investigation to see if Google is obeying GDPR with its advertising services
Critics say plans to link together existing identity databases across the EU may break Europe’s own data protection laws