EU privacy watchdog sues lawmakers over new Europol mandate
The new regulation retroactively legalizes activity previously ruled unlawful, which could ‘establish a worrying precedent,’ complaint says.
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TikTok could face £27m fine for failing to protect children’s privacy
Investigation finds video-sharing app may have breached UK data protection law between 2018 and 2020.
CJEU Advocate General Finds That Data Subjects May in Parallel Lodge a Complaint with a Supervisory Authority and Start Proceedings Before a Court
The Advocate General of the CJEU opined that data subjects should be able to lodge a complaint with a DPA and, in parallel, lodge judicial redress proceedings.
CNIL fines Infogreffe 250,000 euros
The CNIL imposed a fine of 250,000 euros on INFOGREFFE for braching several GDPR obligations regarding the retention periods and security of personal data.
Swedish Privacy Agency starting an AI pilot project
The Swedish Privacy Agency (IMY) is now starting a pilot project with regulatory testing activities.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?