GDPR News

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January 12, 2023

Data protection office slaps debt collection agency with €750k fine

The Finnish Data Protection Ombudsman ruled that debt collection company failed to respond to customers’ requests in a timely manner and fined it 750,000 euros.

January 12, 2023

EU leaders fire warning shots at TikTok over privacy

Brussels expects the platform to go the ‘extra mile in respecting EU law’ and regaining trust, says Commissioner Jourová.

January 12, 2023

Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland

Meta and its lead data protection regulator in the European Union are facing an interesting legal challenge over a major data-scraping breach and GDPR enforcement of it.

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January 9, 2023

Meta to appeal €390m fine for Facebook and Instagram privacy breaches

Social media company Meta is to appeal after the Irish Data Protection Commission fined the company for breaching GDPR.

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January 6, 2023

French CNIL Finds GDPR Not Applicable to a US Company Providing a Browser Extension

French DPA closed down an investigation against a US company providing a browser extension, after finding that its activities were not subject to the GDPR.

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January 5, 2023

Chinese security firm advertises ethnicity recognition technology while facing UK ban

Campaigners concerned that ‘same racist technology used to repress Uyghurs is being marketed in Britain’.

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January 5, 2023

Biometrics are even less accurate than we thought

Biometrics are supposed to be a fundamental pillar of modern authentication but many biometric implementations are wildly inaccurate.

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January 5, 2023

Apple fined 8 million euros for use of Advertising ID

French DPA fined Apple for setting Advertising ID without consent of iPhone users.

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January 5, 2023

Uber facial recognition is locking Indian drivers out of their accounts

Some people are finding their accounts permanently blocked.

January 4, 2023

Meta fined €390 million for using personal data without consent

Facebook, Instagram told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months.

January 2, 2023

Twitter in data-protection probe after ‘400 million’ user details up for sale

A watchdog is to investigate Twitter after a hacker claimed to have private details linked to more than 400 million accounts.

December 30, 2022

Microsoft Receives 60 Million Euro Fine from CNIL

The French authority imposed a 60 million euro fine on Microsoft for failing to implement a mechanism to reject cookies as easily as accepting them.

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