Spanish Lawyers warns of a wave of consultations and lawsuits after the Internet of Things · Legal News
José Miguel Barjola. – The Council of Spanish Lawyers (CGAE) sees in the Internet of Things a business niche that demands “the urgent attention of lawyers.” This has been declared Eduardo Iscar, dean of the Salamanca Bar Association, in the training session Connected Objects and Advocacy, which took place this Tuesday at the headquarters of […]
How much money do Facebook and Twitter make with your data?
Yanin Alfaro Mexico City / 15.01.2021 00:54:41 In the last five years the income from advertising in Facebook has grown 323 percent to add 57 thousand 893 million dollars in 2020, compared to the 17.9 billion it earned in 2015, according to a historical analysis of its annual reports. Under the promise of offering a […]
The threat of no-deal Brexit alarms data protectionists
Brussels Great Britain left the EU at the end of January. Without a contract, tariffs, long traffic jams and other problems threaten from January 1st. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The last deadline for the negotiations is still running, but the European Union is preparing for the failure of the hoped-for Brexit trade pact with Great Britain. […]
Bank secrecy: Schufa wants to research accounts | The first – panorama broadcasts
Status: 11/26/20 6:00 p.m. by Massimo Bognanni, Lea Busch and Peter Hornung Germany’s largest credit agency is apparently planning to evaluate consumers based on their bank statements in the future. After research by NDR, WDR and SZ, a first practical test has already been run. Privacy advocates are horrified. It’s Wednesday, November 4th, 2020 and […]
Airbnb and New York agree in legal dispute over user data
Airbnb With the agreement, an important hurdle for the planned IPO falls. (Photo: dpa) New York The city of New York and the apartment broker Airbnb have reached a settlement in their protracted legal battle over the disclosure of user data. The compromise provides that Airbnb will in future give the authorities a quarterly insight, […]
Can the employer control the home office?
Labor and data protection Berlin (dpa / tmn) – In the discussion about home office, the aspect of trust always plays a role. While supervisors in the office keep an eye on everyone, in the home office the question arises: How do the employees actually work there? And can the employer control that? “The employer’s […]
Hospitality – Bremen – data breach in guest lists: Rhineland-Palatinate also affected – economy
Mainz (dpa / lrs) – According to the state data protection officer Dieter Kugelmann, Rhineland-Palatinate is also affected by the nationwide data breach in guest lists. “The first restaurants from Trier and Landau have reported as affected by the data breach,” said Kugelmann on Monday in Mainz. “I assume that more restaurants will be added.” […]
Facebook warns: leaves EU, if data sharing ban advances
Rita Neves Costa Yesterday at 8:17 pm The technology giant is considering suspending services in the European Union if the ban on transferring user data from Europe to the United States goes ahead. This month, the Irish Data Protection Commission, Europe’s top privacy regulator in Europe, had urged the company to stop sharing this content. […]
Internet shopping | Ministry of Justice warns of risks of photographing a DNI as a requirement to deliver a product purchased online
The pandemic for COVID-19 has caused many businesses prioritize or venture into electronic commerce and adopt protocols to ensure that the physical delivery of their products is carried out safely. In this process, some companies would be requiring customers to send a photograph of their National identity document (DNI), in order to make sure that […]
French MPs approve digital tracing
Published on : 05/27/2020 – 19:43Modified : 05/27/2020 – 19:43 The National Assembly voted for digital tracing on Wednesday in an advisory vote on the deployment of the StopCovid application. This will allow anyone with the application to be notified if they have been in contact with a person infected with the coronavirus. MPs give […]