{"id":2077,"date":"2024-11-04T06:37:11","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T06:37:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2025-04-30T21:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T21:56:44","slug":"protectia-datelor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/protectia-datelor\/","title":{"rendered":"Data protection scams and fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Data protection is not an excuse when tackling scams and fraud<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office, the UK regulator for data protection has made it very clear that data protection is not an excuse when tackling scams and fraud, and it has called for companies to share personal information responsibly to protect customers from scams and fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies often mis-understand GDPR and it\u2019s used extensively by companies to try to restrict what the public can do (e.g. \u201cyou can\u2019t take photos from public land\u201d), or in the case of fraud and scams, refusing to provide information that would let a victim take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have seen a company refusing a Subject Access Request for login information for an account created under a person\u2019s name and with access to their sensitive personal data after being told it was fraudulent, in order to protect the personal data (IP address, etc.) of the fraudster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wapi.org\/ico-dpa-does-not-stop-sharing-data-to-assist-fraud-investigations\">https:\/\/wapi.org\/ico-dpa-does-not-stop-sharing-data-to-assist-fraud-investigations<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protec\u021bia datelor nu este o scuz\u0103 \u00een combaterea escrocheriei \u0219i a fraudei Information Commissioner&#8217;s Office, autoritatea de reglementare pentru protec\u021bia datelor din Regatul Unit, a precizat foarte clar c\u0103 protec\u021bia datelor nu este o scuz\u0103 \u00een lupta \u00eempotriva escrocheriei \u0219i a fraudei \u0219i le-a cerut companiilor s\u0103 partajeze informa\u021biile personale \u00een mod responsabil pentru a-i <\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2078,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions\/2510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalinvestigations.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}