The International Working Group on Data Protection in Technology (IWGDPT), the so-called “Berlin Group”, chaired by the BfDI, has adopted a working paper on digital central bank money. The paper describes important privacy-related risk factors and provides practical recommendations on how to manage these risks.ù Commenting on this, the BfDI, Professor Ulrich Kelber, says: The advantages of digital payment will increasingly lead to the abandonment of the use of cash. Digital central bank money is becoming increasingly popular worldwide. The EU has also proposed the…
Read moreITALIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Tlc: sanctioned a dealer for unlawful activation of SIM cards and subscriptions – Work: the employee has the right to access his own data – Gender violence: anonymity guaranteed in emergency services database – Emerging technologies and anti-money laundering among the topics of the Spring Conference in Riga
Tlc: the Garante sanctions a dealer for illegally activating sim cards and subscriptions150 thousand euro fine for using the personal data of hundreds of users without their knowledge A company that manages two telephone shops will have to pay a fine of EUR 150,000 for illegally activating SIM cards, subscriptions, and charges for the purchase of mobile phones and GPS trackers using the personal data of hundreds of users without their knowledge. This was established by the Garante Privacy defining…
Read moreITALIAN SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Data breach: sanctioned UniCredit for 2.8 million euro – Apps for diabetics: fined a medical device company – Speed cameras, Garante: favourable opinion to MIT – EU privacy authorities will have greater autonomy against non-EU companies
Data breach: the Garante fines UniCredit €2.8 million*.Fine of €800,000 also imposed on the company in charge of carrying out the security tests The measure was challenged before the Court of Milan, which ordered the suspension of the effectiveness of the accessory sanction of the publication of the measure on the Guarantor’s website by order no. 1927 of 28 March 2024 (RG no. 10477/202) Banks must take all necessary technical, organisational and security measures to prevent their customers’ data from…
Read moreDUTCH SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY: Social Insurance Bank fined for inadequate identity checks
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Dutch DPA) is imposing a fine of €150,000 on the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) for its failure to adequately confirm the identity of callers to its telephone helpdesk. The shortcoming potentially enabled unauthorised persons to obtain the personal details of old-age pension (AOW) recipients. The SVB has now taken measures to address the problem. In 2019, an unauthorised individual obtained personal information about an SVB client. The client discovered that the SVB’s telephone helpdesk had…
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