Data breaches
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Uber fined €290 million for sending drivers’ data outside Europe
Ride-hailing tech giant protests against what it called a “flawed decision.”
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Privacy group fights European Parliament over ‘massive’ HR data breach
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Spyware targeted MEP critical of Hungary
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Greece rocked by voter privacy scandal ahead of EU election
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EU Parliament staff in uproar over breach of ID cards, personal records
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Timeline: Europe under cyber siege in 2024
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Macron’s Olympics terror nightmare
Dutch government threatens to leave Facebook over privacy
The Dutch government is warning it could stop using Facebook Pages before the summer over data protection concerns on how the platform targets its users. Dutch state …
Serious security breach hits EU police agency
Disappearance of sensitive files of top law enforcement officials has sparked a crisis at Europol.
The great cryptophone hack: Drug gangs on trial in ‘historic’ Belgian case
Belgian investigators take on cartels in cases hinging on hacked criminals’ chat logs.
How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict
Lower-level cyberattacks are becoming a major feature of the war between Israel and Hamas, and the attacks could ramp up in intensity.
UK police forces accidentally shared victims’ details in data breach
Forces are now contacting the 1,230 people whose data was breached.
UK election watchdog targeted in ‘hostile’ cyberattack
The Electoral Commission has not said who was behind the attack, which accessed voters’ names and addresses.
Google rolls out AI chatbot Bard in EU
US tech giant held off on offering AI chatbot after key regulator voiced privacy concerns.
Meta’s advertising empire faces growing hurdles in Europe
After a new EU court ruling, Facebook and Instagram face renewed pressure over how they gather Europeans’ data.
Meta’s Twitter rival Threads not yet launching in the EU
Alternative to Elon Musk’s social media platform will launch this week in US, UK.
European Commission cooks up GDPR steroids shot
New law would help privacy regulators to speed up investigations into Big Tech.
Europe’s privacy regime: 5 years in 5 charts
This week’s €1.2 billion fine against Meta caps an eventful first five years of the GDPR.
Dominic Raab latest in long line of sackings, storm-outs under UK Tories
39 cabinet ministers have been sacked, forced out or quit since 2010.
Facebook faces May D-Day for European blackout
Tech giant’s tool to transfer personal data to the US legally is expected to be annulled mid-May — an alternative tool could only come in July.
Don’t use TikTok, Dutch officials are told
The Netherlands wants the Chinese app to clean up its act on data protection before government services could use it
TikTok’s parent company admits accessing journalists’ data
TikTok’s parent company ByteDance accessed the data of two journalists and other users in an attempt to track down company leaks in revelations that will likely intensify …
Meta faces record EU privacy fines
EU is finalizing imminent decisions on the legality of the US tech giant’s data-hungry business model.
Ireland fines Meta €265M for ‘data scraping’ leak
The penalty is for a 2021 data breach, where more than half a million records of people’s personal information surfaced on a public forum.
The EU’s new health data space is coming and industry wants in
Pharmaceutical companies are vying for the opportunity to both shape and benefit from an overhaul of how the EU shares health data.
POLITICO’s back-to-school policy briefing: What you need to know (and worry about)
EU officials will have their hands full keeping their policy agendas on track amid escalating geopolitical crises.
Democracy at stake if digital currencies trample over privacy, says ex-central banker
Ecuador’s Andrés Arauz issues warning as the ECB lays the groundwork for its digital euro.
Abortion rights advocates in US prepare for a new wave of digital security threats
Advocates and abortion providers are reassessing their digital security practices ahead of an expected rise in cyberattacks and surveillance.
Poland’s Watergate: Ruling party leader admits country has Pegasus hacking software
Amnesty International confirms opposition politician’s charges that his phone was hacked during election campaign.
Gaia-X CEO defends European cloud project after French provider slams door
Top Gaia-X officials addressed concerns around foreign members and internal divisions in the alliance.
Health worker eyed in leak of Macron COVID-19 immunity data
French officials have identified dozens of health care workers who had access to the president’s vaccination status.