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January 15, 2020

2019 registers over €400m in data protection fines in Europe

Last year, the data protection authorities in the EEA imposed 190 fines with a total cost of over €410,000,000, according […]

January 14, 2020

Research has found that only 11.8% of consent management platforms (CMPs) meet the minimal requirements under GDPR and Europe’s eDirective […]

January 13, 2020

Most cookie consent pop-ups served to internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission to track people’s web […]

January 10, 2020

Further to the publication of the ICO’s notices of intention to fine British Airways and Marriott in July 2019, the […]

January 9, 2020

Several of the biggest tech companies attending CES, the closely watched trade show in Las Vegas this week, are putting […]

January 8, 2020

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) became effective on January 1, 2020, but according to major news sources most companies […]

January 7, 2020

The first ever General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) penalty in the United Kingdom has been sanctioned against a London-based pharmacy […]

January 6, 2020

A couple of tech heavyweights are making data privacy part of their branding, hoping to stay ahead of regulations. Twitter […]

January 5, 2020

The world’s toughest privacy law proves toothless in the eyes of many critics. More than 18 months after the European […]

January 5, 2020

Brazil announced that it had fined Facebook $1.6 million over improperly sharing user data with Cambridge Analytica. In issuing the […]

January 5, 2020

European and U.S. regulators are likely to ramp up enforcement of privacy laws this year, especially children’s privacy, and wrap […]

January 1, 2020

On December 17, 2019, the Belgian Supervisory Authority imposed a fine of €15,000 on an company operating a legal information […]