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Happy Data Protection Day!
Today it’s the Data Protection Day, or Data Privacy Day in the US, an event that serves to put focus on data privacy practice in the US, Canada, Israel and 47 European countries. Today, we [...]
Video: GDPR fines 2018 – 2019
It’s a new year and we took the opportunity to look at the number of fines issued during 2018 and 2019. Contrary to what many believes, the number of fines is substantial across Europe, and [...]
Humidity. Price: €320 000
The english data protection authority, ICO, has issued a fine of €320 000 against Doorstep Dispensaree Ltd. After a tip, the ICO has physically found that Doorstep has stored a large number of paper documents, containing [...]
Weak authorization. Price: €9 550 000
The German teleoperator 1 & 1 Telecom GmbH has been fined 9.55 million euro for non-compliance with the GDPR. It has been found that customers only had to state name and birth date to access [...]
American Cloud Act a threat to other nations sovereignty?
During the week, the debate about the potential problem with cloud services owned by US companies has taken off in Sweden. At the beginning of the week, the GöteborgsPosten concluded that the Cloud Act allows US authorities to access both classified information and [...]
Data Protection Officers personally liable for fines
Right now, the question of personal liability for employees are being tried in their role as data protection officers in both Switzerland and the UK. In both cases, companies that have suffered costs under the [...]
Not performing a privacy inventory of unstructured data. Price: €14 500 000
It finally happened. The Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information has imposed an administrative fine of about EUR 14.5 million against Deutsche Wohnen SE for infringements of the GDPR in their unstructured data. Deutsche [...]
Privacy is contagious
4% of the annual turnover, or €20 Million euros, whichever is highest. That is the maximum fines according to GDPR. What this means is becoming more and more obvious, starting with Marriots §123 Million fine [...]
Selling a register. Price: €18 000 000
The Austrian post company Österreichische Post AG has been fined €180 million by the Austrian data protection authority. Österreichische Post has created, and resold, a register containing personal data about closer to 3 million Austrian [...]
Webinar with DLA Piper the 26th of November
Perspectives and insights. That’s what you will get on our webinar the 26th of November 10.00 – 11.00. We are more than happy to share our knowledge together with global lawfirm DLA Piper, with offices [...]
Seminar with DLA Piper at Norrsken house, 19th of November
Perspectives and insights. That’s what you will get on Norrsken house the 19th of November 08.00 – 10.00. We are more than happy to share our knowledge together with global lawfirm DLA Piper, with offices [...]
New version of Aigine Inventory
Version 1.8 of Aigine Inventory is now available for download. This version is focusing on a smoother user experience for the persons that controls the quality of the work performed by the AI. It also [...]
Video: Why privacy is nothing like the Y2K-bug
Speech from E-förvaltningsdagarna 2019 in Stockholm, Sweden. In swedish only, please contact us for an English transcript. https://youtu.be/41rrsKhf8Xc
About contextual challenges at IBM Think, 3rd Oct, Stockholm
Since the beginning of telecommunication, there has been a mismatch between how the service is billed, and the value the customer gets from it. Measuring the number of minutes for the call’s duration does not [...]
Aigine at E-förvaltningsdagarna days 9-10th of October 2019 in Stockholm
E-governance days, E-förvaltningsdagarna, are celebrating 10 years this year and has grown to become the Scandinavia’s largest conference for e-governance and digital transformation. More than 1000 attendees are expected, and the conference program is loaded [...]
It´s official! Arrow is our global distributor.
Most of a company’s milestones can only be found by looking into the rear-mirror. Not this milestone however, and it is one we are really pleased to reach. Arrow ESC is now officially our global [...]
Let’s meet at STHLM Tech Fest 11th of September
It’s the gathering of the year for Stockholm’s tech ecosystem, mixing up VC funds, incubators and accelerators, startups, angel investors and a general excitement about the future. Aigine has been invited to join the strong [...]
Have you seen us at IBM.com?
It is always pleasant when one’s innovation gets acknowledge, and of course it’s even more appreciated when they are acknowledged by one of the world’s leading tech companies. During IBMs main annual conference, Think in [...]
Aigine now at Shibuya Crossing
We are thrilled to announce our cooperation with Shibuya Crossing. “Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo is one of the world's busiest intersections But even though thousands pass the four-way crossing every hour, it works surprisingly well. [...]
Meet us @ Nordic Legal Tech Day 19th of September
In Aigine, we are using collaborative cognitive learning to train the AI to both identify and categorize personal data within documents, but we also train the AI to take legal decisions according to article 6 [...]
Sweden has gotten its first GDPR fine
The Swedish DPA, Datainspektionen, uses its rights to issue fine for breaches of GDPR. A high school in Skellefteå has tried using a camera with facial recognition to register student’s presence in class. Biometric data, [...]
Poor privacy due diligence. Price: €110 290 061
Following an extensive investigation, The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the UK intends to fine Marriott International €110 290 061 for infringements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The proposed fine relates to a cyber [...]
Aigine guest at Dataministeriet
Our CEO Karl-Oskar Brännström got an invitation to Scandinavia´s no1 privacy podcast, Dataministeriet. A conversation with LL.M Anders Bäckström och Filip Johnssén. Unfortunately only available in Swedish https://poddtoppen.se/podcast/1458808673/dataministeriet/s01e08-ostrukturerat-material-pusha-in-skit-gast-karl-oskar-brannstrom
Can you handle a data subject request?
GDPR requires all organisations within its scope to give data subjects the right to review the personal data being held on them. Individuals can make this request by submitting a DSAR (data subject access request), which organisations must [...]