Lower Saxony imposed 137. 000 Euro DSGVO fines The State Commissioner for Data Protection Lower Saxony has so far this year 137. 000 Euro fines imposed . The authority received by mid-October 1920 complaints about data protection violations and hundreds of reports of data breaches. The digital association Bitkom, on the other hand, complained that the GDPR had made it difficult to cope with the consequences of the corona crisis. Even in this crisis situation, data protection is given priority over many other rights. For example, the right to education is restricted because certain video platforms are not permitted for online lessons for data protection reasons.

Packaging waste continues to increase in Germany The consumption of packaging in Germany continues to increase. 2018 the amount of garbage rose again to a record high: 18, 9 million tons were incurred, as the Federal Environment Agency announced. That was another kilo more per head than last year. Private consumers again had a share of 47 percent. In general, there are several reasons for the increase in recent years – in addition to economic growth, there are also consumer habits, the trend towards resealable packaging, dosing aids and generally more complex closures, explains the Federal Environment Agency.

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Finnish psychotherapy practices and patients blackmailed by hackers In Finland, strangers may have tapped tens of thousands of records from a psychotherapy center and are now not only blackmailing the company itself but also affected patients. With this new approach, they apparently want to capture around half a million euros. In any case, that’s how much the therapy company Vastaamo should pay in Bitcoin to prevent further publications, reports the Finnish public broadcaster. The company itself now assumes that in November 2018 and in March 2019 Being the victim of two malicious hacks. The company’s managing director was fired on Monday after not even being informed internally about the successful break-ins.

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