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Category: PECR

Death of 3rd Party Cookies : Is Privacy Protection Possible For The Future AdTech In The EU ?

Let’s talk about the future of the pervasive and privacy intrusive tracking from the AdTech industry. Will a new system really better protect the right to privacy in the EU? First, one should not forget that privacy in the EU is a fundamental human right protected by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union [1] The AdTech…
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Cookies are not yummies

This article was previously published. It’s being re-published here since the latest enforcements by national Data Protection authorities : After the French CNIL has fined the Supermarket Carrefour and Carrefour Bank for a total of 3 Million Euros, two new enforcements : Google for 100 million euros and Amazon for 35 million Euros for non-compliant use of #cookies (in…
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End to End Encryption on Website

Part of the data protection duties for any controller owning a website is to ensure the security of the electronic transmissions and the personal data of their visitors and E2EE.

WOMEN IN CYBER! Brexit no Deal

Cybertalks publish WOMEN IN CYBER! Tara Taubman-Bassirian is interviewed about Brexit and the UK data Protection.

UK Watchdog Investigation of British Airways and Marriott Hotels Security Breaches

Following an incident reported to the ICO in September 2018, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO), the UK’s data protection supervisory authority, investigated and uncovered that the personal data of up to 500,000 BA customers had been unlawfully accessed. The BA’s website had been diverted to a dummy site where customer details were harvested by hackers. Some credit cards long number and security codes had been discolosed causing serious security breaches. On 8th of July 2019, the ICO published a Notice of Intent to fine British Airways 183 million £.

Consent in direct Marketing

The ICO has fined a PPI claims management company £120,000 for sending unlawful spam texts about its services.

PRIVACY BY DESIGN AND BY DEFAULT UNDER THE GDPR

PRIVACY BY DESIGN have been developed and conceptualised since the 90’s by Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., and for the first time, a mandatory legal text has included its tenets, the GDPR.