GDPR

The GDPR's primary aim is to give individuals control over their personal data and to simplify the regulatory environment for international business by unifying the regulation within the EU.

(source: en.wikipedia.org)

EU Investigates Tinder’s Use Of User Data
EU Investigates Tinder’s Use Of User Data
February 05, 2020  |  Regulation

Tinder, the popular dating service, is under investigation by the Ireland Data Protection Commission (DPC) over how it uses data from customers, including issues over...

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Complaints Trigger Google Privacy Probe By Ireland’s Watchdog
Complaints Trigger Google Privacy Probe By Ireland’s Watchdog
February 04, 2020  |  Google

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland is launching an official inquiry into how Google processes its users’ location data. The DPC announced on Tuesday...

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Deep Dive: Why Innovation’s Lack Of Ubiquity Is Stalling Open Banking
Deep Dive: Why Innovation’s Lack Of Ubiquity Is Stalling Open Banking
February 04, 2020  |  Regulation

Open Banking’s European success has kicked off interest in similar regulations worldwide, most notably in China, India and Singapore, where digital banking’s popularity among general...

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APIs May Be The Key To Singapore’s Open Banking Future
APIs May Be The Key To Singapore’s Open Banking Future
February 03, 2020  |  Regulation

Banking is no longer just for traditional FIs, thanks to open banking’s spread. Digital banking development is poised to explode in Singapore, where legacy institutions...

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Monetary Authority Of Singapore: What It Will Take To Win Digital Banking Licenses
Monetary Authority Of Singapore: What It Will Take To Win Digital Banking Licenses
January 31, 2020  |  Regulation

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants in the European Union (EU) have had some time to get used to both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)...

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How Merchants Navigate Payments Integration Risk
How Merchants Navigate Payments Integration Risk
January 30, 2020  |  Risk Management

When it comes to payments in commerce, what — and who — you don’t know can hurt you. Underpinning that is the fact that the...

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Data Sharing: The Magic Merchants Need To Smooth The SCA Speed Bumps
Data Sharing: The Magic Merchants Need To Smooth The SCA Speed Bumps
January 22, 2020  |  Regulation

The rollout of PSD2’s Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) has been a bit bumpy, to say the least. A year ago (when the rollout was still...

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Top News In Payments: UK Regulators’ Data Violation Fines Top $126M; Google CEO Calls For AI Governance
Top News In Payments: UK Regulators’ Data Violation Fines Top $126M; Google CEO Calls For...
January 20, 2020  |  News

In today’s top payments news, U.K. regulators have levied $126 million in fines for data violations since mid-2018, Google CEO Sundar Pichai calls for international...

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UK Regulators’ Data Violations Fines Top $126.5M 
UK Regulators’ Data Violations Fines Top $126.5M 
January 20, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

Regulators in the U.K. have levied €114 million ($126 million) in fines for data violations since instituting new stronger privacy mandates in mid-2018, The Financial...

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