Last week, the European Data Protection Board (“EDPB”) and the European Data Protection Supervisor (“EDPS”) published a joint opinion on the European Commission’s (“EC”) proposed new.
5 data trends that could impact enterprises in 2021
29 Jan 2021506 Views
Interxion’s Séamus Dunne looks at the data trends CIOs and IT teams need to watch out for this year, from data management to security.
Despite the global disruption caused by the pandemic, enterprises’ CIOs and IT teams will be put under more pressure from the CEO to digitally transform themselves in 2021, while controlling costs as quick as possible.
This pressure will be intensified as other competitors pivot or offer new services and solutions digitally, all driving exponential digital growth. There are a number of trends that are likely to impact enterprises this year.
Leaving WhatsApp and the pursuit of fairer technology
Last week, I started to get a flurry of notifications that contacts in my phone were suddenly available on Signal – old university friends, my neighbor, and even the owner of a bar that I (used to) frequent.
I’ve had Signal for about a year. I had been encouraged to download it by some colleagues who I consider to be ‘in-the-know’ on matters of privacy and technology. Mostly, my address book there had been relatively limited to other Waag employees and a few international friends and family who I had specifically lobbied to download the app so that we could stay in touch.
The privacy regulator found that Grindr violated article 58 of the General Data Protection Regulation by: Having disclosed personal data to third party advertisers without a legal basis ; Having disclosed special category personal data to third party advertisers without a valid exemption from the prohibition in article 9(1) GDPR, which provides exemptions for certain types of data, none of which are for advertising purposes.
Article 58 of GDPR (Source: EUR-Lex)
A Grindr spokeswoman tells Information Security Media Group: The allegations from the Norwegian Data Protection Authority date back to 2018 and do not reflect Grindr s current privacy policy or practices. We continually enhance our privacy practices in consideration of evolving privacy laws and regulations and look forward to entering into a productive dialogue with the Norwegian Data Protection Authority.
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In honor of Data Privacy Day, we provide the following “Top 10 for 2021.” While the list is by no means exhaustive, it does provide some hot topics for organizations to consider in 2021.
COVID-19 privacy and security considerations.
During 2020, COVID-19 presented organizations large and small with new and unique data privacy and security considerations. Most organizations, particularly in their capacity as employers, needed to adopt COVID-19 screening and testing measures resulting in the collection of medical and other personal information from employees and others. This will continue in 2021 with the addition of vaccination programs. So, for 2021, ongoing vigilance will be needed to maintain the confidential and secure collection, storage, disclosure, and transmission of medical and COVID-19 related data that may now include tracking data related to vaccinations or the side effects of vaccines.