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EU privacy regulator steps in to restrict Meta’s advertising practices
Ireland’s data watchdog now has one month to adopt the EU’s decision, which could impact Meta’s targeted advertising policies in Europe.
Italy’s privacy watchdog fines COVID lockdown-era party app
Regulator finds ‘numerous violations’ of the GDPR.
9 Out of 10 Security Leaders State That Control Failures Are the Primary Reason For Data Breaches
Senior cybersecurity professionals reveal their number one frustration is the inability to continuously measure enterprise-wide security posture and identify control failures.
Microsoft 365 faces darkening GDPR compliance clouds after German report
German DPAs has found Microsoft has still not been able to resolve any of its cloud-based 365 productivity products compliance problems they’ve raised with it
$275M Fine for Meta After Facebook Data Scrape
Meta has been found in violation of Europe’s GDPR rules requiring the social media giant to protect user data by “design and default.”
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.
The risk of losing our EU data adequacy agreement is real
While some welcome the shake up of the UK’s data protection regime, government should be wary of drifting too far from the EU GDPR.
ICO Fines Easylife £1.48 Million For Data Protection Violations
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced a fine in a case that involved inferring health data and using this for marketing.
MEPs tear up Biden’s Privacy Shield successor
The Executive Order of the US President is not enough, say members of the European Parliament.
Privacy activists warn against removing compensation for data protection breaches
The Advocate General of the CJEU issued an opinion, which privacy advocates fear could further limit possibilities to get compensation for GDPR breaches.
US expected to publish Privacy Shield executive order next week
The order is designed to address European concerns over surveillance practices in the US.