Data
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New patient data bill brings NHS staff use of WhatsApp into focus
Better communication within the NHS is a key challenge, but what of the balance between patient care and privacy?
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GDPR: When can data controllers rely on ‘legitimate interests’ to conduct data processing?
New guidelines from the EDPB on the processing of personal data.
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Danish municipalities need to do more for processing security, report shows
The Danish Data Protection Authority inspected 48 municipalities.
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Norway aims to become the world’s most digitized country
A new strategy from the government sets out clear goals for the “digital Norway of the future.”
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Irish DPC fines Meta €91m for password storage failures
Meta Ireland stored social media users passwords in ‘plaintext’ without encryption.
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IMY and Swedish banks in GDPR project to reduce money laundering
The Swedish Data Protection Authority and four banks will investigate better information sharing to fight financial crime.
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FCC reaches $13m settlement with AT&T for vendor data breach
Threat actors obtained customer data by breaching the cloud environment of a former vendor.
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Electricity and gas firm fined €5m for unsolicited contacts and using old data
More than 2,300 customers were contacted, with some ‘relationships on paper’ endorsed with false signatures.