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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French food retail giant Carrefour fined €3m for GDPR breaches
The French multinational retailer Carrefour has been fined €3m for multiple data protection failings. Data protection agency CNIL has fined […]
Republicans Introduce Privacy Bill That Would Override State Laws
Four Republican senators have introduced a privacy bill that would override state privacy laws, other than ones requiring notifications of […]
A Princess Is Making Google Forget Her Drunken Rant About Killing Muslims
The removal of nearly 200 links from Google search in Germany about a princess’ drunken rampage in Scotland raises questions […]
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 […]
Hungarian Government Suspends GDPR Data Subjects Rights
On May 4, 2020, the Hungarian Government issued a Decree that suspends, during the COVID-19 created state of emergency, the […]
Google’s Right-to-Be-Forgotten Fine Toppled by French Court
Google won a battle over the right to be forgotten after France’s top administrative court canceled a fine of 100,000 […]
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 […]
Google users in UK to lose EU data protection
Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them […]
Most Americans support the right to be forgotten online
Americans prefer to keep certain information about themselves outside the purview of online searches, according to a Pew Research Center […]