French privacy watchdog takes action on government fingerprint database issues
CNIL has decided to call the Ministry of the Interior to order after observing several failures in the proper maintenance of the automated fingerprint file.
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Irish regulator proposes 36 mln euro Facebook privacy fine
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has proposed fining Facebook up to 36 million euros in one of more than a dozen probes it has opened.
IAB Europe suspends consent management firms
Regulators have doubts that promises of consent-based data collection by digital publishers and advertisers is based on genuine user consent.
Smart cars vs. privacy: a driverless car could generate 100 GB of data per second
Fully autonomous vehicles might never come to much, but most privacy issues they raise are as salient today as they would be in any high-tech driverless future.
Ad trackers continue to collect Europeans’ data without consent under the GDPR
On average, 500,000 ad impressions served per day earlier this year contradicted the data-collection choices people made as required under Europe’s privacy law.
EDPB Adopts Opinion on Draft South Korea Adequacy Decision
EDPB announced that it had adopted an opinion on the European Commission’s draft adequacy decision for the Republic of Korea.
EDPB establishes cookie banner taskforce
During its latest plenary, the EDPB decided to set up a taskforce to coordinate the response to complaints concerning cookie banners.
WhatsApp challenges DPC’s €225 million fine
Case initiated in the High Court over ‘disproportionate’ penalties on company.
Digital welfare fraud detection and the Dutch SyRI judgment
A ruling by a Dutch court in 2020 struck down the state’s digital welfare fraud detection system because it lacked protections to individual privacy.
Washington says a transatlantic data deal is close. Brussels disagrees.
The EU and the US have been working on a deal since July last year.
DPC launches two inquiries into TikTok concerning compliance with GDPR
The Ireland’s DPA has commenced two own-volition inquiries in relation to TikTok Technology Limited’s (TikTok) compliance with requirements of the GDPR.
Ireland fails to enforce EU law against Big Tech
Irish regulator has not resolved 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints.