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September 9, 2022

Swedish Privacy Agency starting an AI pilot project

The Swedish Privacy Agency (IMY) is now starting a pilot project with regulatory testing activities.

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September 9, 2022

French hotel group ACCOR fined 600,000 euros

CNIL found French hotel group ACCOR to be in breach of French law and observed four breaches of the GDPR.

September 8, 2022

Privacy complaint targets Google over unsolicited ad emails

Google has breached a European Union court ruling by sending unsolicited advertising emails directly to the inbox of Gmail users, advocacy group noyb said.

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August 9, 2022

Adtech giant Criteo faces $65M fine in France for GDPR consent breaches

French adtech giant Criteo has been found in breach of European Union data protection regulation and hit with a €60 million sanction.

August 4, 2022

German DPA issues €1.1 million fine against Volkswagen

DOA of Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of 1.1 million euros on Volkswagen for data protection violations while researching driver assistance system.

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July 16, 2022

Selfie scraping Clearview AI hit with another €20M ban order in Europe

Greek data protection authority has fined Clearview AI €20M and banned it from collecting and processing the personal data of people living in Greece.

July 1, 2022

Google’s ‘deceptive’ account sign-up process targeted with GDPR complaints

Consumer rights groups in Europe have filed a series of privacy complaints against Google, accusing them of deceptive design around the account creation process.

June 6, 2022

Can European Regulators Stop Clearview AI?

The company’s methods declared illegal in multiple jurisdictions-most recently in the UK. But do European regulators actually have any power to stop it?