Data Breach

GDPR Enforcement and Google’s €50 Million Fine

Alex Osuch discusses the enforcement of the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This paper specifically looks at the case of Google incurring a record-setting €50 million fine from CNIL, the French Data Protection Authority, for failing to properly acquire consumer consent during the Android phone activation process. The implications of this ruling suggest thorny design issues with which all information organizations operating within the EU must contend.

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Ashley Madison and Managing a Risky Business

Kevin Rawls discusses some of the heightened levels of internal and external risks faced by a business that operates in a legally sound but morally compromised space.The website AshleyMadison.com is a now notorious website built around enabling married people to have extramarital affairs, that in 2015 experienced a very severe data breach of its customers’ data.

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