Amazon.com Inc. faces the biggest ever European Union privacy fine after its lead privacy watchdog hit it with a 746 million-euro ($888 million) penalty for violating the bloc’s tough data protection rules. CNPD,…
As the process of safeguarding personal data in accordance with legal principles has become more prominent across Africa, the International Bar Association (IBA) African Regional Forum has released a comprehensive guide on data protection…
On 21st July, 2021, the High Court (Labour Division), Accra awarded damages of GH₵75,000 for breach of right to privacy in favour of Ms. Q-C, a former school Administrator. The…
And a third of that's going into the lawyers' pockets By: Gareth Corfield Tue 6 Jul 2021 // 12:58 UTC British Airways has settled the not-quite-a-class-action* lawsuit against it, potentially paying millions of pounds to make…
LinkedIn's second massive data breach of the year reportedly led to account details from 700 million people being up for sale on the dark web. LinkedIn shared a statement on…
A French court has ordered Ikea to pay a fine of €1m (£860,000; $1.2m) after the Swedish furniture chain was found guilty of spying on staff in France. Ikea France…
By Rebecca Yemo (Africa Digital Rights' Hub) and Smith Oduro-Marfo (University of Victoria)23 November 2020 Smith Oduro-Marfo and Rebecca Yemo share the key findings from Africa Digital Rights’ Hub's report…
Phone numbers, email addresses, and more are included By Jay Peters on April 4, 2021 12:41 pm Personal data from 533 million Facebook accounts has reportedly leaked online for free, according to security…
By Natasha Singer New York Times,Updated April 15, 2021, 6:00 p.m. An international coalition of 35 children’s and consumer groups called on Instagram on Thursday to scrap its plans to develop…