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July 15, 2021

Kill the standard privacy notice

If Facebook’s privacy policy is as hard to comprehend as German philosopher Immanuel Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason,” we have a problem.

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July 12, 2021

Lithuanian DPA Imposes Fine on a Sports Club for Use of Fingerprints

Lithuanian DPA fined sports club 20.000€ for improper use of fingerprints for identification.

July 8, 2021

France fines Google for abusing online advertising dominance

Google has been fined €220m by French competition regulators for abusing its dominance in the online advertising market.

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July 7, 2021

Commission opens an infringement procedure against Belgium on the independence of its Data Protection Authority

The Commission sent formal notice to Belgium for violating Article 52 of the GDPR, which states that the DPA shall be independent.

July 5, 2021

Norwegian DPA fines company for accessing former employee’s e-mail inbox

The manager of the enterprise had changed the password and logged on to the complainant’s e-mail account every day for a period of six weeks after the employment had ended. Norwegian DPA found that the enterprise lacks a legal basis for accessing e-mail in this manner.

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July 2, 2021

As French automated audits of cookie consent rules continue, non-compliant websites face sanctions

After checking the 1.000 websites with the highest traffic in France, and with several sanctioning procedures already launched, the French DPA CNIL (Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés) announced a continuation of the program in the next months.

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July 2, 2021

Digital ad industry accused of huge data breach

Legal action filed over volume of data shared by digital advertising firms during ad space sales.

June 21, 2021

Apple’s Cook says proposed EU tech rules threaten security of iPhones

Apple boss Tim Cook took aim on Wednesday at proposed European rules aimed at curbing the power of U.S. tech giants, saying they could pose security and privacy risks to iPhones.

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June 21, 2021

EU-US data transfer deal still work in progress, despite new alliance

U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have put pen to paper on the establishment of a new EU-U.S. Trade and Technology Council, pledging to foster greater synergies in areas including artificial intelligence, green tech, and security.