South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has fined AliExpress for what it considered significant data protection breaches. The penalty, totalling 1.978 billion KRW (approximately £1.13 million) plus an administrative fine of 7.8 million KRW (£4,460), marks the first enforcement action by the PIPC for infringements in international data transfers. The regulator particularly highlighted [...]
The UK Labour Party has been reprimanded for not fulfilling its data protection duties following a historic cyberattack. More than 150 complaints were made to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) regarding mishandling of Subject Access Requests (SARs) for personal information. The ICO’s investigation found that between November 2021 and November 2022, the Labour Party [...]
The increasing use of AI chatbots to complete tasks in a much faster and efficient way is giving rise to data breach risks. According to the Dutch Data Protection Authority, recent cases of employees entering sensitive and personal data into AI chatbots exposed both individuals and organisations to significant privacy risks and urges stronger [...]
In the first of its kind case, Thailand's Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) has levied penalties against a company following a complaint. A THB 7,000,000 (about USD 200,000) fine was issued in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), sending a strong message to data processors and controllers operating in the region to [...]
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