GDPR News

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October 26, 2022

ICO issue fine of £4.4 to Interserve for security failings

The ICO issued a penalty notice to Interserve Group Limited, imposing a fine of £4.4m for violations of the GDPR security requirements.

October 21, 2022

CNIL fines Clearview AI with 20 million euros

French data protection authority CNIL imposed a penalty of 20 million euros and ordered Clearview AI to stop collecting and using data on individuals in France.

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October 21, 2022

Neighbour wins privacy row over smart doorbell and cameras

The Amazon devices were found to invade privacy and break data laws in a landmark UK case.

October 19, 2022

Rights holders can’t require ISPs to send warnings to users

A Dutch Court of Appeal held that an Internet service provider could not be mandated to link IP addresses with user data to send them warnings.

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October 19, 2022

UK ICO Publishes Draft Employee Monitoring Guidance for Consultation

UK’s privacy watchdog launched a public consultation on its draft guidance on employers’ obligations when monitoring at work

October 19, 2022

MEPs tear up Biden’s Privacy Shield successor

The Executive Order of the US President is not enough, say members of the European Parliament.

October 18, 2022

AI Act: EU Parliament’s discussions heat up over facial recognition

EU lawmakers held first political debate on the AI Act as the discussion moved to more sensitive topics like the highly debated issue of biometric recognition.

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October 18, 2022

Man takes court challenge over retention of church data

A man launched proceedings over the Data Protection Commission’s failure to investigate the Church’s refusal to destroy records it has about him.

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October 17, 2022

AI tools fail to reduce recruitment bias, study says

Artificially intelligent hiring tools do not reduce bias or improve diversity, researchers say in a study.

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October 14, 2022

Privacy activists warn against removing compensation for data protection breaches

The Advocate General of the CJEU issued an opinion, which privacy advocates fear could further limit possibilities to get compensation for GDPR breaches.

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October 13, 2022

EDPB adopts “wish list” of procedural aspects, first EU data protection seal and a statement on digital euro

EDPB adopts a list of aspects in national procedural law to harmonice, issued opinion onthe first EU data protection seal and a statement on digital euro.