IT Security & Privacy

The AEPD upheld a data subject's GDPR Article 17 complaint against ByteDance Pte. Ltd. after the company allegedly required a user to log in and accept new CapCut terms before it would process an erasure request. The decision shows that regulators will scrutinize identity verification steps that effectively block rights requests. It also shows that a controller's failure to engage with the regulator can lead to an adverse outcome by default.

Japan's financial regulator has urged banks to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses following a series of attacks that exposed millions of customer records and prompted a senior government official to describe the situation as a cybersecurity emergency.

Norway's data protection authority has fined Microsoft-owned advertising technology company Xandr approximately $9.6 million (NOK 92 million) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive personal information belonging to users of the dating app Grindr.

Australia's privacy regulator has opened an investigation into the developer of an application used in inexpensive smart glasses sold through Kmart, Big W Marketplace and Amazon, after the company failed to answer questions about how the devices collect and handle personal information.

Britain's communications regulator has opened an investigation into whether Meta failed to carry out required safety assessments before introducing Instagram Instants, a feature that allows users to share photos and videos that disappear after being viewed.

Hackers used a Chinese-developed artificial intelligence agent to attack some of South Korea’s largest banks and steal personal information belonging to 68,000 people, according to The Wall Street Journal, in an intrusion now under investigation by the country’s national police.

We have all done it. You are at an airport waiting for a flight. Your train journey is going to take another two hours. You have just checked into a hotel, or perhaps you are sitting in a café trying to get some work done. Your mobile signal isn't great, so you look at the available networks and see exactly what you need: free Wi-Fi.