Data

A series of vulnerabilities in patient monitoring equipment manufactured by General Electric could have left patient data exposed in hospitals around the world, including the UK

The Information Commissioner’s Office has published its Age Appropriate Design Code, a set of 15 standards that online platforms must meet to protect the privacy of younger users

The Police Service of Northern Ireland and the Dutch cyber crime unit have made two arrests in an operation targeting a website that provided criminals with access to billions of personal credentials

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476923/Cops-take-down-data-wholesale-operation

Fines totalling €114m have already been collected under GDPR, and this figure will spike in 2020 if the UK regulator succeeds in imposing record fines on BA and Marriott

Social media sites, online games and streaming services used by children will have to abide by a new privacy code set by the UK's data watchdog.

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered; a breach in a database containing highly sensitive files from several British consulting firms.

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered; a breach in a database containing highly sensitive files from several British consulting firms.

https://www.vpnmentor.com/blog/report-chs-leak/

Norwegian Consumer Council files complaints about LGBTQ+ social networking app, alleging it is in breach of the General Data Protection Regulation

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476780/LGBTQ-social-app-Grindr-accused-of-breaching-GDPR

Investigation found malware installed on over 5,000 PoS terminals

The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice issues legal opinions finding that the UK, French and Belgian bulk surveillance regimes are unlawful

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252476876/UKs-phone-and-internet-bulk-data-surveillance-unlawful-says-EU-court-opinion