Brussels 28.06.2021 The Commission has today adopted two adequacy decisions for the United Kingdom – one under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the other for the Law Enforcement Directive. Personal data can now flow freely from the European Union to the United Kingdom where it benefits from an essentially equivalent level of protection…
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Europol on webcam hacking
Today, 28 January 2017, is Data Protection Day. To mark the occasion, Europol’s Data Protection Office (DPO) would like to raise awareness on webcam hacking, which can seriously threaten users of phones and laptops. Webcam hacking: someone might be spying on you. Web cameras on laptops have become very popular nowadays: they are involved in everyday…