Israeli company that deployed ‘spy van’ fined €925,000 for data violations
The personal data commissioner has fined a Larnaca-based Israeli company €925,000 for violations relating to the operation of a van capable of carrying out covert...
data protection
We have access to information like never before
New law could help in fight against corruption and ineptitude in government By Theo Panayides The saga of Justice Minister Emily Yiolitis, who complained...
Painting competition promotes data protection
High school students can participate in a painting competition for the protection of personal data in schools with a prize of up to €300. The...
Coronavirus: Education minister seeks to allay data protection fears
Education minister Prodromos Prodromou on Wednesday said no rights had been violated in the implementation of the ministry’s distance learning programme. He was speaking after...
Coronavirus: Teachers unions, data commissioner say distance learning violates rights
Teachers’ unions are against the use of cameras in classrooms for remote teaching, saying they violate personal data and disrupt the lesson. “We completely disagree...
Coronavirus: Data protection chief green lit lockdown measures
The commissioner for Personal Data Protection, Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou, said early Saturday that all measures being imposed by the authorities to enforce a lockdown on...
Voting on phone-tapping bill postponed
Voting on a government bill allowing authorities to conduct phone surveillance was postponed on Wednesday after parties unanimously decided they needed more time to discuss...
Data protection fears raised over push to name ‘golden visa’ applicants
Data protection commissioner Irini Loizidou Nicolaidou said on Monday she is opposed to a blanket publication of the names of foreign nationals applying for naturalisation...
Doctor fined €14,000 for violating patient data on Instagram
Data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou imposed a penalty of €14,000 on a doctor who published sensitive personal information on a patient on the social media...
2018: chipping away at civil liberties
By Elias Hazou Never easy, settling on the ‘pick of the year’ requires not merely jarring one’s memory but also – maybe even harder –...
Personal data complaints up by over 100 per cent
Complaints to the personal data commissioner so far this year exceeded those in the same period of 2017 by more than 100 per cent, MPs...
Popular encrypted email standards are unsafe
European researchers have found that the popular PGP and S/MIME email encryption standards are vulnerable to being hacked and they urge users to disable and...
Data protection commissioner looking into election violations
A political party has alleged their systems were hacked, data protection commissioner Irini Loizidou-Nicolaidou said on Monday. The complaint was filed to her office and...
Facebook to publish privacy principles ahead of strict EU data law
Facebook said on Monday it was publishing its privacy principles for the first time and rolling out educational videos to help users control who has...
Hospitals must digitise patients’ records, nearly 100 files missing, data watchdog says
Nicosia general hospital has lost 94 patient medical records since 2016 that are nowhere to be found, personal data protection commissioner Irene Loizidou Nicolaidou said...
EU lawmaker says Tinder breaches data protection rules
An EU lawmaker says dating app Tinder breaches the bloc’s data protection rules because it uses personal data without explicit consent and should be investigated...