GDPR Lanka

10/04/2023

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/apr/10/i-didnt-give-permission-do-ais-backers-care-about-data-law-breaches?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Regulators around world are cracking down on content being hoovered up by ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and others

07/04/2023

https://stealthoptional.com/news/italys-chatgpt-ban-spreads-to-france-germany-and-ireland/

The Italian ChatGPT ban may end up affecting more European countries including France, Germany and Ireland.

01/04/2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-65139406

The country's data-protection regulator has serious privacy concerns over the technology.

06/02/2023

https://thehackernews.com/2023/01/mailchimp-suffers-another-security.html

Another security breach has hit the popular email marketing service Mailchimp, compromising over 100 customers' information

05/01/2023

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-64153383

The EU data watchdog says the way Meta obtained permission to process users' data for ads broke data law.

31/08/2021

Fines were handed out by the Information Commissioner's Office following huge data breaches that saw millions of people's personal information compromised.

11/07/2021

Who is selling your phone number in the US?

A journey of discovery into the somewhat opaque, if lucrative, world of contact selling

14/06/2021

That's going to cost them more than a few chips.

The chain is the latest to be targeted by cyber criminals after attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS.

11/06/2021

It's only a matter of time before Sri Lanka is hit. Maybe we have been already........?

Researchers discovered an unidentified malware that created a 1.2TB database of personal records stolen from 3.25 million PCs between 2018 and 2020, including logins for major online sites.

01/06/2021

Coming to a website near you.

Campaigners lodge hundreds of complaints against sites they claim break cookie laws.

22/05/2021

http://www.dailymirror.lk/breaking_news/Air-India-hit-by-massive-data-breach-flyer-data-compromised/108-212531

India’s national airline Air India on Friday reported a data breach that it said involved the personal data, including contact details, credit card numbers and passport information, of an unspecified number of customers. ..

30/10/2020

Is YOUR database secure?

Up to 339 million people may have been hit in a cyber-attack on a chain later bought by Marriott.