Yahoo Ordered to Make Changes as Irish Conclude Privacy Probe
- Data watchdog says Yahoo didn’t do enough to avoid 2014 breach
- Tech firm will be actively monitored by its EU regulator
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Yahoo was ordered to make “specified and mandatory” changes as its chief privacy regulator in Europe concluded a probe into one of the “biggest data breaches in history,” saying the U.S. tech firm hadn’t done enough to avoid leaks.
The oversight of the data processing operations by Yahoo failed to meet the standards required under EU law and the company “did not take sufficient reasonable steps” that ensure that the needed technical security and organizational measures were in place, the Irish data protection regulator said, according to a statement Thursday.