Year: 2020
Google linking to competitive third-party services in local search
Over the weekend, when people in Europe conduct a local search, Google will now direct them to find results on relevant third-party websites. Third parties can include Yell, TripAdvisor, Thomson Local, and others. There has been no official statement from Google regarding this change, but it’s believed to be a response to the €1.49 billion fine imposed by European courts for antitrust...
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Cybercrime: Europe’s Most & Least Secure Countries
Specops Software has released data showing the countries in Europe most and least susceptible to cyber crimes. The company analysed the total number of cloud provider related incoming attacks as well as cryptocurrency mining, malware and ransomware encounters on machines in each country. The Netherlands has the highest rate of machines that experienced one of the above attacks at 17.64 percent...
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Better business banking with Tide & O’Brien Media
We're constantly on the lookout for ways we can help our clients run their businesses more efficiently and, after using Tide for our own banking needs for the past year we've partnered with them to offer their service to our clients complete with one year of transaction charge-free transfers and one-to-one support in getting your new Tide account up and running. Based on our own experience as...
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Data protection post-Brexit: Information from the ICO
On the 31st January 2020 the UK left the European Union and enters the Brexit transition period. During this transition period, which runs until the end of December 2020, it will be business as usual for data protection and compliance according to the ICO. The ICO has confirmed that the GDPR will continue to apply. Businesses and organisations that process personal data should continue to follow...
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