Fines can be up to $ 10 million ($ 15 million) or 2 % of global revenue, whichever is greater, for offences such as not having records in order, failing to notify a supervising
authority of a privacy breach, or not conducting an impact assessment.
revenue, whichever is greater, for offences such as not having records in order, failing to notify a supervising
authority of a privacy breach, or not conducting an impact assessment.
Not exact matches
The Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés (CNIL — the French
privacy authority) has recently found a company in
breach of its duty to protect the personal information
of its employees because the company used unduly short passwords that were too easy to guess and that were not changed often enough.
CW's parents were so warned and afterwards saw a local
authority adoption advert showing a photograph
of their daughter with her real name underneath, flagrantly in
breach of the
privacy rule.
She advises clients on a wide range
of privacy - compliance initiatives, including conducting
privacy and security reviews and audits; drafting
privacy policies, practices and procedures; managing
privacy / security
breaches; assisting with investigations by
privacy regulatory
authorities; and drafting outsourcing and other service - provider agreements involving transfers (including transborder flows)
of personal information.
On June 8th, the Office
of the Saskatchewan Information and
Privacy Commissioner issued an investigation report in which it held that a regional health authority responded appropriately to a privacy
Privacy Commissioner issued an investigation report in which it held that a regional health
authority responded appropriately to a
privacy privacy breach.
Canada's province
of British Columbia and Canada's federal government combined investigations on Thursday, saying they had launched a joint probe into Facebook and Canadian data firm AggregateIQ, while Australian
authorities said they were exploring whether the social media company had
breached user
privacy laws.
The Israeli
Privacy Protection Authority says Thursday the alleged privacy breach raised the possibility of «infringements» of Israel's priva
Privacy Protection
Authority says Thursday the alleged
privacy breach raised the possibility of «infringements» of Israel's priva
privacy breach raised the possibility
of «infringements»
of Israel's
privacyprivacy law.
Australia is investigating Facebook over alleged
privacy breaches,
authorities said Thursday, after the firm admitted the personal data
of thousands
of local users was improperly shared with a...
Australian
authorities say they are investigating whether Facebook
breached the country's
privacy law when personal information
of more than 300,000 Australian users was obtained by Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - linked political consulting firm, without their authorization.
The European Union is contacting data protection
authorities in its member nations and in the United States to better follow up investigations into whether Facebook
breached EU
privacy laws when millions
of people had their data accessed through a leak.
SYDNEY (AP)- Australian
authorities say they are investigating whether Facebook
breached the country's
privacy law when personal information
of more than 300,000 Australian users was obtained by Cambridge Analytica, a Trump - linked political consulting firm, without their authorization.