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.
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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.
Data Protection Authorities Propose GDPR Fines for Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank
Data Protection Authorities in Ireland and Denmark have proposed sizeable financial penalties for Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank for violations of the GDPR.
DPC publishes statistical report on handling of cross-border complaints under GDPR’s One-Stop-Shop (OSS)
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published a statistical report on the DPC’s handling of cross-border complaints under the GDPR’s One-Stop-Shop (OSS) mechanism.
Ireland’s privacy watchdog sued for inaction over ‘massive Google data breach’
At issue is the DPC’s response to a complaint about Google’s role in the high-velocity trading of web users’ personal data to determine which ads get served.
The new bill threatens the independence and functioning of the Belgian Data Protection Authority
The Belgian data protection authority (APD) is concerned about developments that could threaten its independence.
Italian DPA fines Clearview AI €20 million
The Italian data protection authority fined the Clearview AI EUR 20 million for GDPR breaches when processing sensitive data.