Tag: sensitive data

Sensitive data includes categories such as health, biometric, and genetic information, which require additional protections under the GDPR. Processing such data demands explicit consent or other lawful bases. Learn more about GDPR compliance and how TechGDPR can help you on your journey.

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Password security: how strong passwords work and the tools to simplify

Despite there being means of visualizing one’s password security and its strength, it is not immediately clear how password strength works and where the fine line is between a random, unpredictable password and an easy to guess password. What if there was a means for the average person to understand where that line resides? Password […]

Data protection digest 3 – 16 Aug 2024: data labelling for LLMs, third-party cookies as a cause of leaks

In this issue: X’s AI Grok training suspended in the EU,  third-party cookies may lead to data breaches, Uniqlo ‘payroll’ mistake, car rental refusal based on client’s income, and AI non-transparency – data scraping, maximisation, risks of regurgitation, and what is behind data labelling for the LLMs industry. Stay up to date! Sign up to […]

Data protection & privacy digest 27 Sept – 11 Oct 2022: New EU-US data privacy framework is now under EU legislators’ microscope

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: EU-US adequacy procedures, non-material damage in the GDPR, Colorado draft privacy law, Andorra data protection regime On 7 October, President Biden signed an Executive Order on ‘Enhancing Safeguards for United States Signals Intelligence Activities’. Along with the Regulations issued by the Attorney […]

Data protection & privacy digest 13 – 26 Sept 2022: Google Analytics clash, caller identification, commercial practices & GDPR

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: Google Analytics, risk assessment tool, work monitoring, privacy policy check-list, machine learning, APIs The Danish data protection authority, following several other European counterparts’ decisions, concludes that the Google Analytics tool cannot be used legally without implementing several additional measures, (eg, effective pseudonymisation […]

Data protection & privacy digest 16 – 29 Aug 2022: data subject complaints, inappropriate reliance on consent & Smart TV reset

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Official guidance: data subject complaints, new business, identity cards, traffic licenses, TCF/OpenRTB, education platforms, insolvency claims, data sent by mistake, dpos The UK Information Commissioner’s Office offers a brief guide on how to deal with data subject complaints, (your staff, contractors, customers), when you […]

Data protection & privacy digest 2 – 15 Aug 2022: commercial surveillance, sensitive data “by comparison”, worker electronic monitoring

TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes: commercial surveillance, sensitive data “by comparison”, workers electronic monitoring, farming data The CJEU’s recent decision may have a major impact on digital services that use background tracking and profiling to target users with behavioral ads, TechCrunch reports. The EU top court’s decision […]

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