All GDPR articles – Page 5
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NewsIsle of Wight schools struck by ransomware attack
Six schools have fallen victim to a ransomware attack which is now preventing staff from accessing their systems.
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NewsICO fines nuisance call blocker company £170K
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Yes Consumer Solutions Limited (YSL) £170,000 for making unsolicited direct marketing calls to customers registered with the Telephone Preference Service (TPS).
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NewsAmazon hit with record €746m GDPR fine
Luxembourg’s data protection authority CNPD has imposed a fine of €746m ($888m) on Amazon for processing personal data in breach of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The CNPD also ordered the online retailer to revise it practices.
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ReportThe GDPR: A Report on the First Three Years of Enforcement
This report will consider some of the high-profile and noteworthy decisions taken by DPAs and courts over the GDPR’s first three years of enforcement, and consider how some key provisions of the regulation have developed. The report will also look ahead to how the EU’s data protection landscape might evolve in the coming years.
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NewsTikTok fined for violating children’s privacy
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of € 750,000 on TikTok for violating the privacy of young children.
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NewsFrench DPA issues 1.75m euro GDPR against multinational insurer
The CNIL has sanctioned the AG2R La Mondiale group for violating data retention provisions under the EU General Data Protection Regulation.
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NewsDanish council fined for weak data security
Datatilsynet, Denmark’s DPA, has ordered the Southern Denmark regional authority to pay DKK500,000 ($79,200, €67,200) for failing to have appropriate safeguards to protect sensitive health information. The DPA is also referring the council to the police.
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OpinionCould the Grindr Priest Story Be True? I Asked the Team Behind Grindr’s €10m GDPR Fine
Could “commercially available” location data originating from Grindr really have been used to identify an individual? I asked Finn Myrstad, who helped file a data protection complaint regarding how Grindr shares user data.
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OpinionCould ‘Schrems III’ Lead to a Paid Version of Facebook?
The Austrian Supreme Court has referred a case against Facebook to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). The case has been dubbed “Schrems III,” as it’s the third CJEU reference involving Facebook and campaigner Max Schrems.
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NewsCovid-19 test centre referred to police for poor privacy security
Denmark’s DPA Datatilsynet has reported Medicals Nordic to the police for processing users’ health and other confidential information about their coronavirus tests with inadequate security.
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NewsConsumer groups file privacy concerns’ complaint against WhatsApp
The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and eight members have lodged a complaint with the European Commission and European network of consumer authorities against WhatsApp alleging EU consumer rights’ breaches.
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NewsDutch DPA fine insurance agency for poor data security
The Netherlands’ data protection authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens – AP) has ordered the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) to pay €450,000 ($533,000) for not properly securing the sending of group messages via its My Work Folder system.
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WebinarWhat have we learned about Data Retention 3 years on from the GDPR?
The truth is many companies addressed their data retention obligations during the period of GDPR-readiness and have not circled back since.
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NewsBritish Airways settles data breach case
UK airline British Airways has resolved on confidential terms litigation brought by customers and staff affected by a leakage of personal information in 2018.
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NewsWolfsen to continue as Dutch DPA chairman
The Dutch government has re-appointed Aleid Wolfsen as head of the country’s Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens – AP) for five years beginning 1 August.
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NewsGerman DPA tells government organisation to shut Facebook pages
The German data protection commissioner has given German government organisations until the end of the year to shut down their Facebook pages.
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NewsItaly’s DPA fines energy company 3 million euros
The Garante has fined energy company Iren Mercato 3 million euros over EU General Data Protection Regulation violations related to unlawful data processing in its telemarketing.
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NewsOutgoing DPO speaks of digitisation’s acceptance
The increasing use of data these days is taken for granted by people partly out of habit, according to Johannes Caspar, who has stepped down after 12 years as Hamburg’s data protection officer.
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VideoKeynote: Max Schrems
Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems is best known as the man who held Facebook to account for its treatment of EU users’ personal data—and brought down two transatlantic privacy frameworks in the process.
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VideoHow Do Data Protection Regulations Apply to AI and is GDPR Ready for Facial Recognition?
This panel will explore the relationship between Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning and Data Protection Regulations, as well as discussing some of the most important points in relation to GDPR and Facial Recognition.
