GDPR News

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.

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May 17, 2023

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.

May 17, 2023

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.

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May 17, 2023

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.

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May 17, 2023

Clearview AI data use deemed illegal in Austria

Clearview AI must cease processing any biometric data belonging to the complainant and delete any of their existing profiles in its searchable database.

May 11, 2023

Google recruitment system may have broken GDPR

Google may now be facing investigation for a potential breach of the GDPR for failure timely delete data from HR system.

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May 11, 2023

Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders

Clearview AI has incurred yet another fine for its noncompliance with the GDPR in France.

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May 10, 2023

MEPs to vote on proposed ban on ‘Big Brother’ AI facial recognition on streets

European Parliament will vote on a proposed amendment to Article 5 of the Artificial Intelligence Act, which seeks to bar the use of live facial recognition technology on public streets.