Italian DPA warns Tik Tok against ‘personalized’ ads based on legitimate interest
Italian DPA warned TikTok on change of legal basis for personalizing ads to legitimate interests and emphasised that consent must be used.
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Google to update cookie consent banner in Europe following fine
Google to update cookie consent banner in Europe a few months after the CNIL fined Google €150 million for breaching French law.
European GDPR watchdog rules IAB ad-consent system unlawful
All data collected through the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) must now be deleted.
Adtech vendors still tracking EU users who deny consent via IAB’s TCF
The new study throws doubt on the claim that if a user says ‘no’ to tracking/behavioral ads via the IAB’s TCF, the adtech industry respectfully falls into line.
Norvegian DPA imposes € 6.5 million fine against Grindr
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has imposed an administrative fine of NOK 65 000 000 (€ 6.5 million) for not complying with the GDPR rules on consent.
Twitter Bans Sharing of Private People’s Photos, Videos Without Consent
Users will no longer be able to share private media, such as photos and videos, of another person without their permission, a move aimed at improving privacy and security.
IAB Europe suspends consent management firms
Regulators have doubts that promises of consent-based data collection by digital publishers and advertisers is based on genuine user consent.
Ad trackers continue to collect Europeans’ data without consent under the GDPR
On average, 500,000 ad impressions served per day earlier this year contradicted the data-collection choices people made as required under Europe’s privacy law.
South Korea Issues Fines to Facebook, Google and Netflix Over Privacy Violations
Facebook, Google and Netflix are facing fines and actions for privacy violations, with Facebook assessed the second-largest amount in the country’s history for its treatment of facial recognition templates.
Austrian Data Protection Authority Fines Loyalty Program Operator €2,000,000
‘Unser Ö-Bonus Club GmbH,’ a Vienna-based company that operates a multi-partner loyalty program, got a fine of 2,000,000 EUR from the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde) over multiple violations of the GDPR
Schrems vs. Facebook: Dispute over advertising consent could soon end up before the ECJ
The data protection activist wants to bring the dispute over explicit consent to data processing for advertising and tracking to the European Supreme Court.
Facebook fined $6.1 million in South Korea for sharing user data without consent
The Korea Communications Commission kickstarted the investigation in 2018 before ultimately handing it off to the PIPC a few months […]