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THE DATA PROTECTION Commission has finished its investigation of a huge data breach by Yahoo.
The data breach was initially notified to the DPC on 22 September 2016 and the DPC began an investigation into what happened as Yahoo! EMEA Limited (Yahoo – since renamed Oath (EMEA) Limited) was a data controller.
The data breach ranks as one of the largest breaches to impact EU citizens, and affected approximately 39 million European users. It is the largest breach which has ever been notified to and investigated by the DPC.
The DPC has now established that the breach dated back to 2014. It said that a separate breach dating back to 2013 was not investigated by the DPC because, at the time the breach occurred, Yahoo was not a data controller within the meaning of the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 and therefore Yahoo was not subject to the jurisdiction of the DPC.
Its investigation focused mainly on assessing the technical security and organisational measures Yahoo had in place at the time of the data breach. It also analysed Yahoo’s response to the data breach.
The investigation assessed whether there were potential areas in which Yahoo could improve its protection of individuals’ data protection rights.
The breach was reported to the DPC in September 2016 and involved the unauthorised copying and taking, by one or more third parties, of material contained in approximately 500 million user accounts from Yahoo! Inc infrastructure in 2014.
At the time, Yahoo EMEA was the data controller for the subset of the affected user accounts associated with EU citizens, with Yahoo Inc acting as its data processor.
The DPC found:
The DPC has now notified Yahoo that it requires it to take specified and mandatory actions within defined time periods. It says it will be closely supervising Yahoo’s timely compliance with these actions.
The actions include that Yahoo should ensure that all data protection policies which it uses and implements take account of the applicable data protection law, and that such policies are reviewed and updated at defined regular intervals.
The DPC has directed Yahoo to update its data processing contracts and procedures associated with such contracts to comply with data protection law.
It has also directed the company to monitor any data processors which it engages for compliance with data protection law on an ongoing basis.
The DPC says it will be engaging closely with Yahoo to monitor the implementation of these actions and if necessary will issue enforcement notices to secure compliance. It will also continue to actively monitor Oath EMEA’s ongoing data processing operations to ensure those operations comply with the new legal framework of the General Data Protection Regulation.
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Eh McGuinness can’t vote….
He knows he’s not going to win so why bother go down and vote. He is probably not planing another bank robbery with people he doesn’t know
He is giving the other 6 a head start out of the goodness of his heart. That’s why he is not voting.
I am so dissapointed that the standard of our presidential candidates is so low !!!!! is that what we have become ??? Where is the Statesman or woman in that lot !!!!! Martin McGuinness ???? HOW COULD THE COUNTRY EVEN CONSIDER HIM AS PRESIDENT. Sean Gallagher !!! please , who does he think he is ??? a half baked go between for shady people………. and the rest, well harmless and hopeless. Our country has lost its way for sure.
MMG is not voting because he doesn’t have a vote. Like many 10′s of thousands of Irish citizens who live in the 6 counties we don’t have a vote. Ironically we can stand though !
Hopefully the forthcoming constitutional convention will right this wrong.
Yes that true it is wrong that you can stand to be the Irish President if your from a DIFFERENT COUNTRY. Hopefully that will be sorted soon.
Thought there was a moretoreum till voting closes tonight
only applies to “mandate broadcasting”…..ie Special Mary talking about her integrity and all that shite!!!
df you think to much
Or not!
I reckon they’ll all be in the toilet.
have your say