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Brexit could result in loss of GDPR protection for UK-based Google users

There is yet another aspect of Brexit that the UK and tech companies must contend with.

The Netherlands imposed the most fines during the period. It issued 40 647 fines amounting to €51 million.

It would also be a new record for GDPR-related fines.

Lee Naik, CEO of TransUnion, provides some insight in data privacy and what PoPIA and GDPR mean for your business.

Data breaches seem to be a weekly occurrence but businesses should be trying their best to mitigate the risk or face dire consequences.

Timehop reports a hacker had access to its system as far back as December 2017 in latest hack update.

GDPR has had the interesting effect of forcing companies to become agile says Riaan Bekker of thryve.

The GDPR comes into effect later this month and companies should be getting ready to comply, especially if they are based outside of the EU.

Facebook will let users force it to forget who they are, but what about those without a Facebook account?

WhatsApp is having to raise its age restriction to 16 in the EU. It may have to go further locally once POPI comes into effect.

Facebook wants to exclude 1.5 billion users from the GDPR, which comes into effect next month.