The Article 29 Working Party (WP29), at the June plenary meeting, examined certain critical matters with regards to : the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), international data transfer (including Privacy Shield) adopted an updated opinion on use
France Cnil: 150 000 Euros fine for Facebook
The CNIL has imposed a penalty of 150,000 € made public against the companies FACEBOOK INC and FACEBOOK IRELAND. According to the authority, the amount and the publicity of this sanction are justified by the number of breaches (6 in
Ransomware attacks hit UK NHS and thousands of computers worldwide
On Friday (May 12), it was reported that hackers had gained National Health Service computers (UK healthcare service), shuttering the entire system. Similar attacks were reported in the afternoon hitting thousands of computers in at least 11 countries. The attacks
France : Online communication service providers to seek users’ express consent to use the content of their correspondance
A decree for the application of the French law “Loi pour une république numérique” and concerning the secrecy of correspondence (Article 68 of the Law) was published in the Official Journal on 30 March 2017. Under the law and decree,
WP29 Plenary Meeting April 2017 (Press release)
The last WP29 plenary meeting was busy as the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) (Group of EU data protection authorities) went through different matters with regard to: the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and of the Privacy