2023-05-23
It's interesting to note that “Given the seriousness of the infringement, the EDPB found that the starting point for calculation of the fine should be between 20% and 100% of the applicable legal maximum.” See https://edpb.europa.eu/... [image]
Wall Street Journal
The EU issues Meta a record €1.2B GDPR fine for sending European user data to the US and orders stopping the transfers and unlawful processing within six months
but only for 15 minutes European Data Protection Board : Binding Decision 1/2023 on the dispute submitted by the Irish SA on data transfers by Meta Platforms Ireland Limited for it...
2023-05-22
It's interesting to note that “Given the seriousness of the infringement, the EDPB found that the starting point for calculation of the fine should be between 20% and 100% of the applicable legal maximum.” See https://edpb.europa.eu/... [image]
Wall Street Journal
The EU fines Meta €1.2B over sending European user data to the US, a record GDPR fine, and orders Meta to stop transfers and delete the data within six months
Decision places pressure on Washington to implement surveillance changes for Europe to allow Meta to keep the data spigot open
2022-08-01
A Cyberattack Illuminates the Shaky State of Student Privacy: “The exposure of such private information could have long-term consequences.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
A cyberattack on Illuminate Education, exposing the personal data of 1M+ students, highlights the dangers of stockpiling school children's sensitive information
At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data have broken down. Tweets: @funnymonkey...
2021-06-14
.@BradSmi President of @Microsoft: “European leaders worry that a U.S. government that secretly goes to court to demand data from tech companies about its own reputable citizens will do the same thing to them as well.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...
Washington Post
Secret gag orders imposed by the US government on tech companies must stop, as they abuse citizens' fundamental freedoms and are no longer even used sparingly
Brad Smith is the president of Microsoft. — The past seven days marked another bad week for the collision between technology and democracy.