GDPR News

November 11, 2022

Data Breaches Rise By 70% Globally in Q3 2022

Russia had the most breaches overall and France had the highest breach density.

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November 10, 2022

First Settlement Decisions by Belgian Data Protection Authority

Belgian DPA issued its first settlement decisions whereby the cases for alleged cookie infringements were settled by means of payment of 10.000 EUR per case.

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November 9, 2022

Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’

European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software such as Pegasus.

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November 9, 2022

MEPs discuss Artificial Intelligence definition, governance

The definition of Artificial Intelligence and how the new EU’s rulebook for this emerging technology will be implemented is the focus of a political meeting.

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November 9, 2022

Apple Apps Track You Even With Privacy Protections on

An independent test suggests Apple collects data about you and your phone when its own settings promise to “disable the sharing of Device Analytics altogether.”

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November 8, 2022

Global data privacy regulators set resolution on facial recognition at annual meeting

Data privacy regulators agree to a resolution that personal information should be used for facial recognition only in accordance with a set of six principles.

November 8, 2022

Ireland-led GDPR probe of Yahoo’s cookie banners moves to draft decision review

Ireland’s DPA concluded nvestigation into Yahoo in relation to cookie banners displayed on its media properties and submitted a draft decision to other EU DPAs for review.

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November 7, 2022

125k people scanned by police cameras in London resulting in just nine arrrests

Facial recognition cameras have scanned the faces of more than 125,000 people in London in a little over a year, but resulted in just nine arrrests.

November 7, 2022

TikTok privacy update in Europe confirms China staff access to data as GDPR probe continues

TikTok for the first time in its privacy policy for the first time names China as one of several third countries where user data can be remotely accessed from.