GDPR News

June 5, 2023

Microsoft says Irish DPC intends to slam LinkedIn with a $425m fine

Ireland’s DPA to fine Microsoft $425m for LinkedIn’s GDPR breaches.

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May 31, 2023

Britain to crack down on unauthorised AI data collection

ICO is taking steps to ensure that data protection laws are upheld when using AI.

May 25, 2023

TikTok faces EU scrutiny on kids’ privacy

European regulators are about to make a ruling on whether TikTok has breached the GDPR by failing to protect children’s data.

May 22, 2023

Message-scanning not incompatible with fundamental rights, Commission says

In response to rising criticism, the European Commission issued a non-paper to defend its proposal to combat CSAM.

May 22, 2023

1.2 billion euro fine for Facebook as a result of EDPB binding decision

Irish DPA has issued a record fine of €1.2 billion to Meta, for violations related to the transfer of users’ personal data from the EU to the US.

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May 19, 2023

Majority of EU countries support scanning of audio communications

Ddocument reveals that the majority of the EU countries are in favor of expanding the scanning of private messages to audio communications for detecting CSAM.

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May 19, 2023

French court’s approval of Olympics AI surveillance plan fuels privacy concerns

France’s highest constitutional court authorized use of AI-driven surveillance, sparking privacy concerns.

May 19, 2023

Meta facing record fine for mishandling EU user data

Facebook is set to face potentially record-breaking fine for their noncompliance with the GDPR.

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May 18, 2023

75% of Ireland’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled

EDPB has overruled a whopping 75% of decisions made by the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) in EU cases.

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May 18, 2023

CJEU’s Advocate General Issues Opinion on Concept of Controller, Joint Controller, Processor, and Administrative Fines

Advocate General released an opinion on the concepts of “controller”, “joint controller” and “processor”, and also liability system established by the GDPR.

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May 18, 2023

CNIL fines health website €380,000 for non-compliance with GDPR and cookie requirements

French data protection authority fined health website doctiddimo.fr for failures in processing of health data and non-compliance with cookie requirements.