TikTok ‘pauses’ privacy policy switch in Europe after regulatory scrutiny
Privacy experts had also questioned the appropriateness of TikTok using a legitimate interest ground to run behavioral advertising.
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Irish DPC files draft order to halt Meta’s data transfers to US
The Irish DPC informed its EU DPA counterparts of its draft decision to halt Meta’s data flows from the EU to the U.S.
Finland DPA weights on Vehicle Service Data as personal data
Is vehicle service data for services performed on a vehicle a personal data under GDPR?
French Council of State confirms €35 million Amazon fine
The Council of State kept in force 35 million euro fine imposed on Amazon.
EU Commission rejects criticism of GDPR monitoring
The European Commission has described as “unfounded” claims that it does not collect sufficient information to monitor the implementation of data protection rules in Ireland.
ICO calls for police to end ‘excessive collection’ of personal data from rape and assault victims
The ICO has called for police and prosecutors to immediately stop collecting vast amounts of sensitive personal information from victims of rape.
Belgian Supervisory Authority Sanctions News Media Company for Violating Cookie Rules
The GBA found that in the case of the news media company not all elements of valid consent were present.
Meta faces large fine for breaching children’s privacy on Instagram service
Meta Platforms is facing a potentially large fine from DPC for breaches of children’s data rights.
Data leaks on the increase, says Belgium’s Data Protection Authority
Over the past twelve months, reported cases of breached data in Belgium have gone up to 1,529.
UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection
Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.
Dedalus Biologie fined 1.5 million euros for health data breach
CNIL imposed an administrative fine of 1.5 million euros on DEDALUS BIOLOGIE or health data breach.
Record GDPR fine by the Hungarian Data Protection Authority for the unlawful use of AI
The Hungarian Data Protection Authority has imposed the highest fine to date of ca. EUR 670,000 (HUF 250 million) for he unlawful use of AI.