The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “Dutch DPA”) recently fined a company for violating the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by collecting personal data using fingerprint systems. Under the GDPR, ”biometric data means personal data resulting from specific technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a natural person, which allow […]
A court ruling in the Netherlands has sparked a wave of questions because it has set a precedent in the EU’s General Data Protection (GDPR) enforcement. A grandmother who posted pictures of her three minor grandchildren on social media has been sued by their mother after refusing to delete the images, the BBC reports. The […]
1. Accessing personal data without authorization Since the General data Protection (GDPR) has been enforced, many sanctions have been applied to data handlers for not complying to certain provisions of the law. For the first time, an employee was sentenced to 6 months of prison for violating the GDPR. The news comes from England. According […]
Technology is evolving at a much faster pace than many of us might have anticipated. These advancements also brought concerns about individual privacy. One of the goals of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was to give European data subjects more control over their personal data. To what extent can we ensure that these privacy […]
According to a report released by the United Nations more than 770 million students world-wide are directly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic’s closing of schools and universities. As the virus has affected the normal course of daily life, children currently receiving online education need specific protection of their personal data as they may be less […]
The EDPS has called for a pan European mobile app to track the spread of COVID-19. The initiative called Pan European Privacy Preserving Tracing (PEPP-PT) a coalition of EU scientists from eight countries. Led by Franhoufer Heinrich of Hortz Institute for Telecoms. Keeping the usual course of activities within a company during COVID-19 represents a challenge. The measures taken during this period by companies must comply with […]
