Turkey fines Twitch
Amazon’s Twitch was hit with a 1.75 million lira (US $58,000) fine by Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) for inadequate security that resulted in a data breach, and for subsequently not reporting that breach.
Amazon’s Twitch was hit with a 1.75 million lira (US $58,000) fine by Turkey’s Personal Data Protection Board (KVKK) for inadequate security that resulted in a data breach, and for subsequently not reporting that breach.
Germany’s highest civil court eased the standard of proof required for Facebook users who sought compensation for a massive leak in 2021 that compromised private data of half a billion people. This overrode the decision of a lower court that had ruled in favor of Meta, and said instead that it was sufficient for users to just show they were victims of the leak and they did not have to prove suffering.
“Never mind privacy,” is the message many think Mexico’s new government is giving as it moves to eliminate the INAI – the National Institute for Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data. The plan to redistribute the agency’s responsibilities among other government agencies is a concern because it’s unclear how data will be protected and kept impartial.
Snowflake-oriented CDP Simon Data was warehouse-centric before “composable CDP” became a thing. They’ve now continued at the cutting edge of the industry by renaming themselves Simon AI and adding a slew of AI features for personalization and agent-based workflows.