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ENISA Publishes Threat Landscape Reports for
2020 On October 20, 2020, the European Union Agency for
Cybersecurity ( ENISA ) published a series of reports on the threat
landscape in 2020. The reports focused on, among other things,
malware, data breaches, ransomware attacks, information leakage,
and phishing attacks. The reports identified and evaluated the top
cybersecurity threats for the period of January 2019-April
2020.
ENISA Publishes Guidelines for Securing the IoT Supply
Chain On November 9, 2020, ENISA published guidelines on securing the supply
chain for the IoT. The guidelines address the entire lifespan of
IoT product development by offering security measures for each step
(i.e., requirements and design, end use delivery and maintenance,
The French data protection authority’s
decisions cite violations of the cookie rules under the ePrivacy Directive and provide important insights on explicit consent.
Between December 2019 and May 2020, the French data protection authority (CNIL) conducted multiple online investigations by visiting google.fr and amazon.fr, before launching a full-scale investigation into Google LLC, Google Ireland, and Amazon Europe Core. On 7 December 2020, the CNIL handed down two decisions, one against Google LLC (€60 million fine) and Google Ireland (€40 million fine), and another against Amazon Europe Core (€35 million fine). Contrary to a previous sanction against Google LLC, which was triggered by specific complaints about its practices, the CNIL’s decisions indicate that the investigations were launched
EU launches new plan to take on GAFAM tech giants
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EU launches new plan to take on GAFAM tech giants
If agreed by member states, the plan will increase the EU s ability to impose fines on tech giants Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft
15 December 2020
A French regulator has recently imposed a €100million sanction on Google for misuse of advertising cookiesBy Joanna York
The European Commission today announced a “digital European constitution” in a bid to tame tech giants known as GAFAM (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Microsoft).
December 10, 2020
The French data authority, CNIL, has fined Google and Amazon after investigations revealed that the tech giants were placing cookies on their websites, without the consent of consumers. In two orders, the CNIL placed a €100 million ($120 million) penalty on Google LLC and Google Ireland, and a €35 million ($42 million) on Amazon Europe.
Websites use cookies primarily to collect information about users and can be used for targeted advertising. Both Google and Amazon were found to be in breach of the French Data Protect Act, in terms of pushing cookies prior to the consent of their users and poor transparency in explaining the functions of various cookies. Previously, in January 2019 the CNIL fined Google $57 million for failing transparency requirements under the European Unions’ General Data Protection Regulation.