GDPR News

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September 9, 2021

EU ‘seeking to turn migrant database into mass surveillance tool’

Campaigners from 31 NGOs urge MEPs to rethink plans to overhaul Eurodac database.

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September 8, 2021

ProtonMail logged IP address of French activist after order by Swiss authorities

ProtonMail has been facing criticism after a police report showed that French authorities managed to obtain the IP address of a French activist who was using it.

September 8, 2021

Turkey fines WhatsApp over data breach

Turkey joined a host of other countries in fining Facebook’s ubiquitous WhatsApp messaging service for failing to sufficiently protect user data.

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September 8, 2021

Ohio Proposes Comprehensive Privacy Legislation

Ohio recently became the latest state to consider enacting comprehensive privacy legislation.

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September 7, 2021

The Taliban are showing us the dangers of personal data falling into the wrong hands

Digital ID systems are a powerful development tool, providing a legal identity to millions, but their misuse can be deadly.

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September 7, 2021

Record GDPR fine has implications for calculation of GDPR fines and regulatory expectations around transparency rules

The €225 million WhatsAapp fine represents a significant increase from the initial €30m-€50m proposed by the DPC.

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September 7, 2021

UK’s ICO calls for browser-level controls to fix ‘cookie fatigue’

The UK’s data protection chief has come out in favor of a browser- and/or device-level setting to allow Internet users to set “lasting” cookie preferences.