
Data Protection News Update 12 August 2024
United Kingdom Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider following 2022

United Kingdom Starmer’s live facial recognition plan would usher in national ID, campaigners say Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider following 2022

United Kingdom ICO slams Electoral Commission over security failures Elon Musk’s X under pressure from regulators over data harvesting for Grok AI United States US

The Data Security and Protection Toolkit (“DSPT”) is undergoing the most significant changes since it was introduced back in 2018. In 2023, the Department of

United Kingdom Essex school reprimanded after using facial recognition technology for canteen payments Google scraps plan to remove cookies from Chrome United States US congressional

United Kingdom Privacy’s impact on publishers: Assessing the head of consent role United States US Justice Department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation

United Kingdom techUK co-signs a letter urging the next government to modernise the UK’s data protection framework Crypto hacking thefts double to $1.4 bln in

United Kingdom Privacy fears sap potential of female fertility tech start-ups UK’s NHS says hackers have published data stolen in ransomware attack United States WikiLeaks

We are happy to share that we have been invited to present IGS at the European DIGITAL SME Alliance on the 3rd of July 2024.

United Kingdom Post Office accidentally leaks names and addresses of wrongfully convicted operators AI is coming for our anger United States The Vermont veto is