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,...
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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...
Cambridge Analytica CEO claims influence on U.S. election, Facebook questioned
The suspended chief executive of Cambridge Analytica said in a secretly recorded video broadcast on Tuesday that his UK-based political consultancy’s online campaign played a...
UK investigates Facebook, to raid Cambridge Analytica
Britain is investigating whether Facebook did enough to protect data after a whistleblower said a London-based political consultancy hired by Donald Trump improperly accessed information...
Trump consultants harvested data from 50 million Facebook users -reports
Data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users in developing techniques to support President Donald Trump’s 2016 election...
Cyta fined for allowing employee to leak personal data
State owned telecommunications authority (Cyta) was fined on Wednesday €10,000 for violating personal data, after an employee gave confidential data of over 200 customers to...
Cyta called to explain theft of personal data
The commissioner for personal data protection, Irini Loizidou, on Friday asked the telecommunications authority (Cyta) to explain the alleged leaking of personal details of its...
Woman arrested for trying to sell company data
Police on Thursday arrested a 36-year-old woman, a Limassol forex company employee, in connection with trying to sell client personal data to competitors. The case...
Supreme court hears personal data challenge
By Angelos Anastasiou THE Supreme Court yesterday heard a challenge of the law allowing police to retrieve personal telecommunications data in connection with criminal investigations,...
