€23,500 in fines for data protection violations
The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection Irene Loizidou Nikolaidou said on Tuesday that candidates and or political parties were fined €23,500 in total after her...
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Low number of personal data breaches by parties this election
The personal data commissioner on Friday said that her office has received a very small number of complaints from members of the public regarding personal...
Coronavirus: Personal data commissioner says no problem to say if those dying were vaccinated
The personal data commissioner said on Tuesday there was no problem with publishing the medical history of people who have died from Covid, a day...
Smartphone use in Cyprus higher than EU average
In 2020, 88 per cent of people aged 16-74 in Cyprus used a smartphone for private purposes, higher than the EU average of 81 per...
EAC fined €40,000 by personal data commissioner
The personal data commissioner has fined the electricity authority €40,000 for using an automated formula to monitor and manage its employees’ sick leaves after finding...
Cypriots wary about use of personal data for direct marketing
Nearly six out of 10 of internet users in Cyprus refused to allow the use of their personal data for direct marketing purposes in the...
House president wants to release PEPs list but fears legal action
A number of political actors have threatened to sue parliament should the latter publish a list of Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs), House president Adamos Adamou...
Cyprus meets Schengen criteria over personal data
Cyprus has met the criteria to join the Schengen area as far as personal data is concerned, following a decision by the EU Schengen committee,...
Technical issue behind ban on access to patients’ files says commissioner
The data commissioner has not banned speech therapists and other health professionals from having access to patient’s files but has highlighted a technical issue that...
Privacy concerns after video of verbal racist attack goes viral (Updated)
Police said on Monday they were examining video evidence and CCTV footage of a verbal racist attack by three Greek Cypriot women against a Russian...
Data is the new oil so watch out for mass mining – Netflix film
By Adela Suliman Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Big business and politics are mass-mining everyday data – from Facebook ‘likes’ to online subscriptions – for profit...
Jeweller’s shop fined for training CCTV cameras on neighbouring cafe
A fine of €500 for breaching personal data laws was imposed on a jeweller’s shop for installing cameras which were able to record the movement...
Watchdog to check compliance with GDPR
The office of personal data protection is going to start audits of organisations in September to check if they comply with the law on General...
Facebook severs ties with data brokers in blow to targeted ads
Facebook Inc said yesterday Wednesday it would end its partnerships with several large data brokers who help advertisers target people on the social network, a...
Tech giant Facebook in new bother over app
Three users of the Facebook Messenger app sued Facebook on Tuesday, saying the social network violated their privacy by collecting logs of their phone calls...
Facebook data scandal widens as Canadian company accused of helping target U.S. voters
A scandal engulfing Facebook over the use of its data by political consultants widened when a whistleblower said Canadian company AggregateIQ had developed a programme...
People less likely to trust Facebook than rivals on personal data
Opinion polls published in the United States and Germany cast doubt over the level of trust people have in Facebook over privacy, as the firm...
Here’s one way to help Facebook protect data
By Matt Laslo Mark Zuckerberg has apologised for “mistakes” and “a major breach of trust” after it came to light that the data of millions of Facebook...
Investors, advertisers pressure Facebook over data (Update 3)
By Dustin Volz and Kate Holton Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg’s apology for how his company handled 50 million users’ data did little on...
Zuckerberg says Facebook ‘made mistakes’ on Cambridge Analytica
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that the social media company made mistakes that allowed data about users to end up with the...