High Court dismisses claim where DSAR regime abused
Where those requests are repetitive, numerous, and the real purpose is to obtain documents and not data, businesses might reasonably resist civil claims raising similar factual issues.
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IRS Could Search Warrantless Location Database Over 10,000 Times
The IRS was able to query a database of location data quietly harvested from ordinary smartphone apps over 10,000 times, […]
Instagram Sued For Privacy Violations Over Unauthorized Camera Access
On Thursday in the Northern District of California, Brittany Conditi filed a class-action complaint against Instagram and its parent company […]
Facebook sues EU antitrust regulator for excessive data requests
Facebook is suing EU antitrust regulators for seeking information beyond what is necessary, including highly personal details, for their investigations […]
Uber Drivers Sue to Gain Access to its Secret Algorithms
Uber’s power lies In information asymmetry. This EU court case could help end it. Four United Kingdom Uber drivers launched […]
Germans hand police too much data, court rules
German authorities have too much access to people’s internet and mobile phone data and laws must be rewritten as they […]
LinkedIn Sued Over Access to Clipboard Data
Social networking company LinkedIn was hit with a class-action complaint alleging that it engaged in “a particularly brazen, indefensible privacy […]
The Netherlands DPA imposes EUR 830,000 fine for access request fees
On the 6 th of July 2020, the Dutch Data Protection Authority published its decision to impose a fine of […]
Questions remain over whether data collected by Covidsafe app could be accessed by US law enforcement
The federal government has reassured the public that Covidsafe data held by Amazon will not be able to be accessed […]
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 […]
Croatian DPA issues credit institution 20m GDPR fine
The Croatian data protection authority (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 20m for violating the EU General Data Protection […]
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 […]