In no particular order, here are MediaNama’s top 10 stories of the week ended 14th July 2019 MediaNama would like to thank its sponsors: E2E, for their support. British Airways fined record £183 million for data breach involving 500,000 customers: report British Airways, owned by the International Airlines Group (IAG), is facing a fine of more than £183 million from the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after hackers stole the personal data of about half a million of the airline’s customers last year, according to the BBC. Read it here NCRB invites bids to implement Automated Facial Recognition System On June 28, the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) called for applicants to bid for the implementation of a centralised Automated Facial Recognition System (AFRS). The ad defined the broad scope of work in fairly innocuous terms — “supply, installation and commissioning of hardware and software at NCRB” — but the detailed request for proposal (RFP) is anything but innocuous. Read it here Jordan bans online game PUBG for its 'negative effects' on citizens Citing “negative effects” on citizens, Jordan Jordan banned the hugely popular online game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, PUBG, on July 6. A source in Jordan’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority said that the game “has negative effects on its users, which led to its being officially blocked”, according to an AFP report. Read it here Delhi government begins installing CCTV cameras inside classrooms 'to prevent crime': Report On July 6, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia…
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