This blog posting represents the views of the author, David Fosberry. Those opinions may change over time. They do not constitute an expert legal or financial opinion.
If you have comments on this blog posting, please email me .
The Opinion Blog is organised by threads, so each post is identified by a thread number ("Major" index) and a post number ("Minor" index). If you want to view the index of blogs, click here to download it as an Excel spreadsheet.
Click here to see the whole Opinion Blog.
To view, save, share or refer to a particular blog post, use the link in that post (below/right, where it says "Show only this post").
Posted on 30th May 2021 |
Show only this post Show all posts in this thread (Legal). |
I found this article on the BBC interesting. It lists the 5 largest fines so far under the EU's GDPR regulations. Some of the offences are the kind of thing I had expected; others are rather shocking. In summary:
What this tells us is that companies are unable to protect the data of their customers, and that legislation like GDPR that limit the data collected and held, and puts requirements for data security on those companies regarding handling and storage are very much needed. There is only one type of organisation that has proven to be less secure than even commercial companies in handling and storing data about us: government agencies. |