In a significant ruling, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a massive €290 million fine on Uber for serious violations of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The penalty, which is one of the largest fines ever levied under the GDPR, underscores the EU’s stringent approach to data protection and serves…

In what is being described as one of the largest and most alarming data breaches in history, the personal information of nearly every American, including Social Security numbers (SSNs), has been compromised. The breach, which involves the background check service National Public Data (NPD), has exposed the sensitive data of approximately 2.9 billion records, impacting…