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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Meta facing record fine for mishandling EU user data
Facebook is set to face potentially record-breaking fine for their noncompliance with the GDPR.
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.
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.
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.
Italian DPA Fines Digital Marketing Company Over Use of Dark Patterns
Italian DPA fined a marketing agency for use of ‘dark patterns’ on their website.
European Parliament Adopts EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework Resolution
EU Parliament adopted a resolution deeming the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework to be inadequate in providing the protection demanded by EU data protection law.
EU lawyers say plan to scan private messages for child abuse may be unlawful
As the EU considers a new law requiring screening of encrypted messages for child abuse content, internal legal advice has raised doubts about its lawfulness.