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IRELAND: First GDPR fine issued in Ireland

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Tusla, Ireland’s child and family agency, has become the first organisation fined under the GDPR in Ireland. The Irish Data Protection Commission filed papers in the Circuit Court on Friday to confirm the €75,000 fine against the Agency. Eilis McDonald & John Magee. It is reported the fine will not be challenged by Tusla.

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IT Governance Podcast 08.09.23: Electoral Commission (again), Meta, Pôle emploi

IT Governance

This week, we discuss security issues at the Electoral Commission, Meta’s appeal against daily GDPR fines, and a breach affecting 10 million users of the French unemployment agency Pôle emploi. Transcript: Hello and welcome to the IT Governance podcast for Friday, 8 September 2023. The fines are due to continue until 3 November.

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Security Compliance & Data Privacy Regulations

eSecurity Planet

Regulatory compliance and data privacy issues have long been an IT security nightmare. And since the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect May 25, 2018, IT compliance issues have been at the forefront of corporate concerns. GDPR-style data privacy laws came to the U.S.

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The Compliance Mandate is Real as GDPR Enforcement Accelerates

Everteam

Since its implementation in May of 2018, GDPR has been the subject of much discussion but little concrete action by many companies on both sides of the Atlantic. The threat posed by GDPR-driven fines has until recently seemed a vague one for many companies — applicable only to IT giants like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft.

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Indonesia Soon to Become the Fifth ASEAN Country to Adapt Data Privacy Laws

Security Affairs

Earlier this year, Indonesia joined the ranks with the first four ASEAN countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines and Thailand to have enacted laws relating to personal data protection. The PDP Draft Law is now sitting with the House of Representatives and other concerned government officials. General personal data v.

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Czech public radio says Huawei Czech Unit secretly collected data

Security Affairs

New problems for Huawei, t he Czech unit of telecoms giant secretly collected personal data customers, officials and business partners. Huawei made the headlines again, according to the Czech public radio the Czech unit of Chinese telecoms giant secretly collected personal data of customers, officials, and business partners.

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Morrisons heads to the Supreme Court over data breach

IT Governance

The Supreme Court has given Morrisons permission to appeal a ruling that found the supermarket liable for a data breach caused by a malicious insider. Skelton was arrested soon after leaking the data and in July 2015 was sentenced to eight years in prison. This incident shows how complex liability can be regarding data breaches.