Employers accused of abusing EU data privacy rules to hinder trade unions
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is being misused by employers across Europe as trade unions are denied access […]
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Brave files GDPR complaint against Google
Brave has filed a GDPR complaint v Google for infringing the GDPR “purpose limitation” principle. Enforcement would be tantamount to […]
CNIL Unveils 2020 Inspection Strategy and Announces Cookie Investigations
On March 12, 2020, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) released its annual inspection strategy for 2020. The CNIL […]
France issues first legal decision on facial recognition
The Administrative Court (TA) of Marseille has made its decision regarding the use of facial recognition technology at two French […]
Adtech giant Criteo is being investigated by France’s data watchdog
Adtech giant Criteo is under investigation by the French data protection watchdog, the CNIL, following a complaint filed by privacy […]
Swedish Data Inspectorate investigates Clearview AI
Swedish supervisory authority – Datainspektionen – is conducting an investigation on possible use of facial recognition technology provided by US […]
Australian Watchdog launches action against Facebook
The Australian Information Commissioner has lodged proceedings against Facebook in the Federal Court, alleging the social media platform has committed […]
Fine for processing students’ fingerprints imposed on a school
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of PLN 20 000 in connection with the breach […]
Big tech ‘procedural queries’ delay decision on first data fines
A decision by the Ireland’s data protection watchdog – Data Protection Commissioner – on whether to issue the first fines […]
Facebook isn’t sharing all off-platform data with users
Facebook is now offering users a feature that lets them see what data it has collected about their activities beyond […]
Max Schrems files complaint against Amazon
Max Schrems, head of None Of Your Business (noyb), has announced the not-for-profit organisation is to file a complaint to […]
Lack of big tech GDPR decisions looms large in EU watchdog’s annual report
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner – the lead European Union privacy regulator for most of big tech – has put out […]