EU and UK discuss state of play for UK adequacy, data transfers
Representatives from the European Commission and U.K. government discuss the state of U.K. adequacy in the wake of Brexit.
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WhatsApp facing up to €50M privacy fine
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp could be fined up to €50 million over violations of the European Union’s data protection rules.
Monitoring of Employees Faces under Scrutiny in Europe
European privacy regulators are scrutinizing how employers collect workers’ personal data and dishing out multimillion-dollar fines for violations.
An EU parliament website for COVID testing allegedly broke the EU’s privacy laws
The European Parliament is being investigated by the European Data Protection Supervisor after allegations that its COVID testing website didn’t meet EU privacy standards.
Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business
The European Commission is mulling two new probes into the tech giant.
EUR 272.5m in fines imposed by European regulators under GDPR
EUR 272.5 million of fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of Europe’s tough data protection laws
German DPA fines company 10.4 million euros for monitoring employees without legal basis
The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of 10.4 million euros on notebooksbilliger.de AG.
Turkey investigates WhatsApp and Facebook over data privacy update
The new policy means users outside the EU and UK must agree to more of their data being shared to Facebook for advertising purposes.
Italian Privacy Watchdog Initiates Proceedings Against TikTok
The investigations the Italian DPA highlight data processing activities that are not compliant with GDPR.
Facebook and Instagram disable features in Europe
The company says some of its messaging features may need to be adapted to comply with EU rules.
UK police unlawfully processing over a million people’s data on Microsoft 365
The roll-out of Microsoft 365 to dozens of UK police forces may be unlawful, because many have failed to conduct data protection checks before deployment and hold no information on their contracts.
Uber defends sexual assault victims’ privacy, gets fined $59 million
The California Public Utility Commission has slapped Uber with a $59 million fine for refusing to hand over detailed records about more than 1,200 alleged sexual assaults involving Uber drivers in California.