The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office has an ever-increasing workload that's affecting its ability to respond quickly to data protection complaints, it said Tuesday in a consultation on draft changes to its complaints-handling process. Comments are due Oct. 31.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Tuesday published updated guidance on encryption for data protection officers and those in organizations with data protection responsibilities, saying it has seen many incidents where personal information was lost, stolen or subject to unauthorized access because of inadequate protection "or the devices the data was stored on being left in inappropriate places, or both."
Though boosting AI innovation is one of the EU’s top priorities for the next several years, member states are implementing and interpreting plans and rules differently from one another, said panelists during an IAPP webinar Wednesday. The session covered the European Commission's new mandate of priorities and policies, the EU AI Act, the AI Continent Action Plan and their impact on data governance programs.
The best defenses against revenge porn are awareness and caution, Italian data protection authority Garante said Thursday.
Political parties must be guided by data protection rules during election campaigns, the Norwegian data protection authority said Thursday.
The Danish Data Protection Agency on Thursday slammed a dental practice that secretly recorded conversations with an employee.
French data protection authority CNIL announced a Sept. 30 meeting to discuss the practical application of data protection law to other branches of the law.
The Polish Data Protection Authority slammed ING Bank Slaski on Tuesday with a $5 million fine (18,416,400 Polish zloty) for excessive and unjustified scanning of customer ID documents.
Parents who share photos and videos of their children on social media for "sharenting" shouldn't because it creates risks to their kids, French data protection agency CNIL said Monday.
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) published four guides to help parents safeguard their kids' personal data under the General Data Protection Regulation.