{"id":23064,"date":"2026-08-03T13:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/?p=23064"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:05:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T11:05:59","slug":"international-privacy-news-july-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/international-privacy-news-july-2026\/23064\/","title":{"rendered":"International Privacy News &#8211; July 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">July 2026 was shaped by a series of developments showing how closely privacy risks are now tied to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure. From major breaches affecting public databases and widely used apps to rising AI-powered cyberattacks and new EU guidance on generative AI, the month highlighted the need for stronger safeguards across both public and private sectors. Workplace surveillance also remained in focus, as companies continued to face scrutiny over how employee data is collected and used. Below, we summarize the key international privacy stories from July 2026\u00a0that we posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iitr-datenschutz-gmbh\/?viewAsMember=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_it_it\">it_it <\/span>Vatican Prayer App Exposes Data of 700,000 Users (July 28, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\nA security flaw in the Vatican\u2019s official Click to Pray app exposed the personal data of more than 700,000 users for months before it was fixed.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkreading.com\/vulnerabilities-threats\/vatican-official-prayer-app-leaks-700k-pii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_ro_ro\">ro_ro <\/span>Cyberattack Disrupts Romania\u2019s Land Registry (July 23, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\nA cyberattack wiped large parts of Romania\u2019s national land registry database, bringing real estate transactions across the country to a standstill.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heise.de\/en\/news\/Romania-Cybercriminal-deletes-country-s-entire-land-registry-database-11371456.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_us\">us <\/span>U.S. Companies Face Rise in AI-Powered Cyberattacks (July 20, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\nU.S. companies are facing a sharp rise in AI-powered cyberattacks, prompting businesses to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and reassess their cyber risk strategies.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/us-companies-face-rise-cyber-attacks-2026-07-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_eu\">eu <\/span>EDPB Issues Guidance on Anonymisation and Web Scraping for AI (July 14, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\nThe European Data Protection Board adopted new guidelines on anonymisation and web scraping for generative AI, providing clearer GDPR rules for AI training with personal data.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.edpb.europa.eu\/news\/edpb-sheds-light-on-anonymisation-and-web-scraping-for-generative-ai-and-adopts-final-version_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong><span class=\"flag-icon flag_en_us\">en_us <\/span>Meta Pauses AI Employee-Tracking Program (July 7, 2026)<\/strong><br \/>\nMeta paused its AI employee-tracking program after privacy concerns and an internal data exposure raised questions about workplace surveillance and data protection.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jun\/24\/meta-pauses-employee-tracker-for-ai-training-amid-privacy-concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also follow us on LinkedIn to stay informed about the latest developments in data protection:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iitr-datenschutz-gmbh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/iitr-datenschutz-gmbh\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 2026 was shaped by a series of developments showing how closely privacy risks are now tied to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital infrastructure. From major breaches affecting public databases and widely used apps to rising AI-powered cyberattacks and new EU guidance on generative AI, the month highlighted the need for stronger safeguards across both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/international-privacy-news-july-2026\/23064\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">International Privacy News &#8211; July 2026<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5283],"tags":[16,3752,3480,5279,239],"class_list":["post-23064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-internationalarchiv","tag-datenschutz","tag-dsgvo","tag-gdpr","tag-international-privacy-news","tag-privacy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>International Privacy News - July 2026 - IITR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 2026 was shaped by a series of developments showing how closely privacy risks are now tied to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital International Privacy News - July 2026\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/international-privacy-news-july-2026\/23064\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"International Privacy News - July 2026 - IITR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 2026 was shaped by a series of developments showing how closely privacy risks are now tied to cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and digital International Privacy News - July 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.iitr.de\/blog\/international-privacy-news-july-2026\/23064\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Das Datenschutz-Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-03T11:05:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Marvin Stellmacher\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@sebkraska\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@sebkraska\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Geschrieben von\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Marvin Stellmacher\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Gesch\u00e4tzte Lesezeit\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2\u00a0Minuten\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.iitr.de\\\/blog\\\/international-privacy-news-july-2026\\\/23064\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.iitr.de\\\/blog\\\/international-privacy-news-july-2026\\\/23064\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Marvin Stellmacher\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.iitr.de\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/62d3df232dd7d757f03d9308d69599ed\"},\"headline\":\"International Privacy News &#8211; 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