But he also claimed the company believed it was acting within Facebook's policies and UK
data protection law when it licensed the data from professor Aleksandr Kogan whose survey app was the Trojan horse used to gather 270,000 Facebook users» data and their friends» data — resulting in some 50M profiles being harvested in all.
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is looking into whether Facebook broke
data protection laws when it conducted a psychological study on users without their consent.
Not exact matches
Koch Media may also disclose personal
data to
law enforcement, or the appropriate civil authorities to enforce legal rights and comply with the
law, or to comply with an order from a government entity or other competent authority, or
when we have reason to believe that a disclosure is necessary to address potential or actual injury or interference with our rights, property, reputation, operations, users or others who may be harmed or may suffer loss or damage, or
when we believe that disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, fraud
protection and / or comply with a judicial proceeding, court order, or legal process served on Koch Media.
This is consistent with the interests pursued by European
data protection law — in particular giving individuals enhanced control over their personal
data — but puts the EU on a collision course with the US
when it comes to online freedom of expression.
While the issue of
data privacy (or the lack thereof) is nothing new, the Cambridge Analytica scandal comes at a time when new European Data Protection laws (GDPR) are soon to come into effect and companies across Ireland and the rest of Europe which handle personal data need to be prepared for t
data privacy (or the lack thereof) is nothing new, the Cambridge Analytica scandal comes at a time
when new European
Data Protection laws (GDPR) are soon to come into effect and companies across Ireland and the rest of Europe which handle personal data need to be prepared for t
Data Protection laws (GDPR) are soon to come into effect and companies across Ireland and the rest of Europe which handle personal
data need to be prepared for t
data need to be prepared for this.
Recently, a white paper published by Informática 64 argued that the iPad's
data protection measures do not comply with the
laws of Spain — at least as those
laws apply to certain industries and
when a single iPad is used by more than one person.
The referring court also sought guidance on the relevance of other factual elements, such as the nationality of the advertisers and the owners of the website,
when determining the applicable
data protection law.
On the other side of the coin, if forensics teams are able to find the
data even
when organisations believe it is irretrievable, they may well be at risk of falling foul of
data privacy
laws, especially now that general
data protection regulation (GDPR) is coming down the track in 2017.
When collecting electronic evidence it is essential, therefore, that companies and their lawyers observe applicable employment, privacy and
data protection laws, while also heeding court orders and considering the company's legal needs.
A journalists» exemption from
data protection laws should only apply
when stories are in the public interest and
when data processing is «necessary for publication», according to Lord Justice Leveson.29 Nov 2012
Facebook won't be directly monetizing Messenger Kids, automatically migrating kids to real accounts
when they turn 13 or collecting
data so that it complies with Children's Online Privacy
Protections Act (COPPA)
law.
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it planned to revise the written policies that people agree to
when they use the social network, adding language about the
protection of personal
data as it prepares to comply with a strict new European
law.
When extracting any
data from Slack, employers must always comply with all employment
laws, contracts and privacy
protections for employees.»
SAN FRANCISCO, April 4 Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it planned to revise the written policies that people agree to
when they use the social network, adding language about the
protection of personal
data as it prepares to comply with a strict new European
law.
India has Facebook's largest country audience, ahead of the US, but it doesn't yet have a
data protection law in place — and so it wouldn't be able to hold the company accountable
when citizens»
data is exposed.
Messenger Kids complies with the Children's Online Privacy
Protections Act
law set by the Federal Trade Commission, so Facebook won't migrate children's accounts
when they turn 13 or collect
data for advertising purposes.
Therefore, the AEPD considers that the personal
data of the users are not canceled in full or
when they are no longer useful for the purpose for which they were collected or
when the user explicitly requests their removal, according to the requirements of the LOPD [local
data protection law], which represents a serious infringement,» it said.
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.