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Albania Accuses Iran of Cyber-Attack and Cuts Diplomatic Ties with the Islamic Republic

Albania has severed its diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran and ordered the Iranian embassy staff to leave the country, accusing the theocracy of perpetrating a cyber-attack against Albania.

Albania’s prime minister said that the cyber-attack attempted to cripple public services, destroy and steal government data and bring about turmoil. The prime minister indicated "irrefutable evidence" that Iran ...

Court Lifts Injunction Against LinkedIn, Allowing it to Block Scraping of Publicly Available Information

The U.S. federal district court for the Northern District of California has granted LinkedIn's motion to vacate the injunction that prohibited it from blocking hiQ Labs, a California startup, that has been running automated tools to collect publicly posted information of LinkedIn members.

The court was persuaded by LinkedIn's assertion of a significant change in circumstances because hiQ no longer ...

EU Commission Proposes a New Cyber Resilience Act to Protect Against Inadequate Product Security

The European Commission has laid a proposal for a new Cyber Resilience Act to cyber-protect individuals and businesses that buy or use products or software with a digital component. This law is the first law in the European Union that addresses this subject matter, introducing mandatory cyber security requirements for products with digital elements.

The new law, formulated as an ...

EDPB and EDPS Adopt a Joint Opinion on a Proposal for Regulation on Online Child Sexual Abuse Prevention

Even when facing important matters such as the prevention of sexual abuse of children, the adverse impact on individuals’ rights to private life and data protection must be limited and proportionate. This was one of the key principles expressed in the joint opinion by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) and European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), regarding a new proposed ...

Sephora to Pay $2.1 million in the First Publicly Disclosed CCPA Enforcement Action

American cosmetic retailer Sephora agreed to pay a $2.1 million fine to settle claims that it had violated the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). This is the first CCPA enforcement action made public. California’s Attorney General found that Sephora failed to disclose to consumers that it was selling their personal information, within the meaning of ‘sale’ under the CCPA. The ...

Israel Privacy Protection Authority Hardens its Policy on Breach Notification Timescales

The Israeli Privacy Protection Authority has rigidified its published policy on data breach notifications, emphasizing that it now requires that “immediate” notification be given upon the discovery, or reasonably suspected occurrence, of a serious information security incident.

According to the Protection of Privacy Regulations (Information Security) from 2017, a controller or processor with a database subject to a high or ...

UK: Court Permits Service of Process by NFT

In an unprecedented decision, a High Court in England permitted the service of process of pleadings through a non-fungible token (NFT), to the digital wallets of the unnamed defendants.

The permission was granted as part of an application for interim relief filed by a British citizen allegedly conned by an American online trading website. The plaintiff transferred $2.1 million worth ...

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