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.
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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?
Belgian Supervisory Authority Sanctions News Media Company for Violating Cookie Rules
The GBA found that in the case of the news media company not all elements of valid consent were present.
Dutch public sector gets green light to use Google Workspace
Data Protection Impact Assessment merely a ‘standard step’.
Meta faces large fine for breaching children’s privacy on Instagram service
Meta Platforms is facing a potentially large fine from DPC for breaches of children’s data rights.
Why Your Business Needs GDPR Compliance
Everyone who handles data or sells goods or services to EU citizens has obligations under the GDPR.
Second decision of the Austrian DPA on Google Analytics
The Austrian Data Protection Authority issued a second ruling, finding that Google’s IP anonymization is insufficient for EU – US data transfers.