data subject rights

November 1, 2021

Google to let minors request removal of images from search

Google on Wednesday announced it will let minors request to remove images from the company’s search feature.

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October 21, 2021

Court: the right of erasure does not enable data to be erased from Baptismal Register

Slovenian Administrative Court upholds the decision of the Slovenian SA: the right of erasure does not enable an individual to have his personal data erased from Baptismal Register.

October 21, 2021

Privacy Management for Microsoft 365 Now Generally Available

The tool is designed to automatically discover personal data in organizations’ Microsoft 365 environments.

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October 21, 2021

EU accused of disregarding human rights when supporting law enforcement abroad

The EU has been accused of contributing to the development of ‘surveillance’ capacities in third countries without considering fundamental rights and data protection.

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October 19, 2021

Austrian Post fined €9.5 million for GDPR breaches

he Austrian data protection authority imposed a fine of EUR 9.5 million on Austrian Post.

July 30, 2021

Germany’s highest court widens the scope of data subject access requests in Germany

Germany’s highest civil court, the Federal Court Of Justice, has published a decision specifying the scope of data subject access requests (DSARs).

May 27, 2021

AI Firm That Scraped Billions of Faces Sparks European Backlash

Clearview AI Inc. was hit by a wave of complaints across Europe for allegedly breaking the region’s tough privacy laws by scraping billions of facial images from social-media profiles and the internet.

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May 27, 2021

EU citizens win right to access personal data held by Home Office

Appeal court ruling means people denied settled status or immigration visas can see records used in the case.

January 27, 2021

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.

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January 23, 2021

UK Case Tests the Territorial Application of the GDPR to U.S. Run Website

The recent UK case of Soriano v Forensic News and Others tested the territorial reach of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and represents the first UK judgment dealing with the territorial scope of the GDPR.

January 15, 2021

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.