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June 14, 2023

Spotify fined € 5 Million for GDPR violation

The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposed a hefty fine of €5 Million on Spotify due to their failure to GDPR non-compliance.

June 12, 2023

French Senate questions TikTok representatives

French Senate convened to interrogate two representatives of TikTok France.

June 6, 2023

CNIL closes injunction against Microsoft

The CNIL brought an end to the proceedings against Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited as it complied with requirements.

June 5, 2023

Dutch consumer group filing class-action suit against Google for privacy violations

The Dutch consumer rights groups are fighting Google to cease their collection and sale of users’ data without their express consent.

June 5, 2023

Microsoft says Irish DPC intends to slam LinkedIn with a $425m fine

Ireland’s DPA to fine Microsoft $425m for LinkedIn’s GDPR breaches.

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

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

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.