Tips for workplaces with respect to GDPR post Covid Lockdown It has been a difficult time as not only us but the entire world has seen a pandemic bring the life of the people to a standstill. However, the Irish authorities have signaled towards relaxing of the lock-down in phases. This shall lead to workplaces [...]
The State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Germany ('LfDI Baden-Württemberg') on 5 June 2020, on the basis of GDPR, has issued 'the Guidance' on data privacy requirements for Credit Rating Agencies. The guidance has been issued in response to the amount of complaints received by the authority with respect to processing [...]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai, and Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates, enacted the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) Data Protection Law No.5 of 2020. As known, Dubai is considered as an important international trade center for the entire Middle East, Africa and South Asia. DIFC in [...]
On 28th May 2020, Ireland's Revenue Commissioner released a statement confirming a personal data breach. Ireland's taxation authority declared on its website that unidentified fraudsters had accessed personal data of thousands of taxpayers as a result of an SMS text messaging scam. Around 3,000 taxpayers were in receipt of a text message carrying a link [...]
On 19th May, 2020, Easyjet, a budget airline based in UK, published a statement announcing that it had "been the target of an attack from a highly sophisticated source” and had suffered a data breach as a result. The airline company admitted that the data breach affects approximately 9 million customers. Investigation revealed that details [...]
