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Quest Software Podcast: The Data Dilemma: How to Become a Data Centric...
What are the essential components of a data-focused toolset? Many data tools are available, but what benefits, insights and value can choose the right tools to bring to an enterprise as they transform into data businesses?
ICO Warns Against Biometric Emotion Analysis Tech
Biometric technologies that analyse a person's emotions are 'immature' and may never work, warns data protection watchdog
Quest Software Podcast: The Data Dilemma: How to Become a Data Centric...
Welcome to this second podcast in the series: The Data Dilemma: How to Become a Data Centric Enterprise from Quest Software.
Instagram Fined €405 Million For Teenager Data Violation
Irish data protection watchdog slaps Meta's Instagram with a hefty €405m (£349m) fine for letting teenagers display their contact details
Instagram Says It Never Shares Precise User Location
Instagram refutes claims circulating widely online that 'precise location' feature on iOS and Android reveals users' exact whereabouts to others online
TikTok Reassures US Senate Over Data Plans
TikTok tells lawmakers it plans to store all American data on Oracle servers, amidst ongoing national security probe over user data
Australian Retailer Pauses Facial Recognition Trial
Australian appliance retailer The Good Guys pauses trial of facial recognition in security systems after consumer group complaint, seeks 'clarification'
Clearview AI Fined £7.5m Over Facial Recognition Data
UK Information Commissioner's Office orders controversial facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete data it holds on UK residents
UK Web Users’ Data ‘Shared 987 Times Per Day’
New study from Irish Council for Civil Liberties finds average European user's data shared 376 times per day, rising to 747 times for US-based users
Irish Watchdog Provides Update On Data Transfer For Meta –...
Ireland's data watchdog is to consult with fellow EU regulators in April over Meta's Facebook data transfers to the United States
Google Warns Android App Developers Over Data Sharing
Google warns app developers working with UK data company Huq to be clearer about what they are sharing, amidst privacy concerns
Uber To Pay $9m Settlement Over Safety Reporting Failure
Uber agrees to pay $9 million to settle dispute with California regulators over its failure to provide detailed data on sexual assault reports
WhatsApp Slapped With $267m GDPR Fine For Sharing Data
Ouch. Irish Data Protection Commission hits WhatsApp with an increased fine of 225m euros, due to its handling and processing of user data
UK To Overhaul Data Protection Rules, Targets Cookie Pop-ups
Government to refresh the UK's data protection rules, and poaches New Zealand's Privacy Commissioner to replace outgoing Information Commissioner
British Airways Settles Data Breach Claims Case
Costly exercise. British Airways pays an undisclosed settlement to passengers and staff impacted by massive 2018 data breach
Regulator ‘Deeply Concerned’ Over Live Facial Recognition
Information Commissioner concerned that live facial recognition could be linked to social media to create 'supercharged CCTV'
European Court Backs National Watchdog Data Enforcement
Blow for Irish data protection watchdog, as Europe's top court rules it is no longer the only data enforcer across the bloc
Irish Regulator Investigates Facebook Over ‘Data Leak’
After the discovery last week of a dataset of 533 million Facebook users, Irish regulator warns firm it may have broken multiple laws and begins probe
How Good is Your Enterprise’s Contingency Planning?
The recent fire at the French cloud service provider OVHcloud, which resulted in many websites going offline, illustrates the vulnerability of physical data infrastructures. Businesses often focus their attention on protecting their datasets, but are the physical assets that this data also needs safe and secure?
Companies Warned To Prepare For Data Transfer Challenges
Lack of progress on successor to Privacy Shield transatlantic data transfer agreement and UK exit from GDPR likely to mean complications, experts say
Facebook Launches Legal Action Against Irish Regulator Over Data Order
Facebook begins legal action against Irish Data Protection Commission over preliminary order barring it from sending EU personal data to the US
e-Crime Congress 2012
The e-Crime Congress has an established reputation for providing practical insights on how best to proactively reduce electronic risk, delivering critical information on emerging threats to IT systems and data assets, and detailing examples of best practice that can be adopted to defend against technically sophisticated and complex cyber attacks.
Datacenter Technologies Academy London 2012
Now in its 5th year in London, the Datacenter Technologies Academy programme (formerly the SNIA Europe Academy) features a mix of vendor-neutral, educational sessions led by members of the association supported by relevant sessions from leading vendors, meaning that attendees will find it hard to make better use of their valuable time.