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February 7, 2022

European GDPR watchdog rules IAB ad-consent system unlawful

All data collected through the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) must now be deleted.

February 1, 2022

French court upholds 100 mln euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy

France’s supreme administrative court upheld a decision by a DPA imposing a €100 million euro fine on Google for breaches linked to its cookies policy.

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January 31, 2022

Belgian Data Protection Authority Fines Bank for DPO’s Conflicting Roles

Belgian DPA fined a bank €75,000 for not ensuring that the tasks and duties of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) do not result in a conflict of interest.

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January 22, 2022

Italian SA fines Enel Energia EUR 26.5 million

Italian SA fines Enel Energia EUR 26.5 million for using consumers’ data without their consent and non complying with the accountability principle.

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January 22, 2022

CNIL sets parameters for processors’ reuse of data for product improvement

The guidance addresses question: when can a processor use personal data for purposes broader than just strictly providing services to the controller?

January 6, 2022

French watchdog fines Google 150 million euros for cookie compliance failure

CNIL fined Google LLC €90 million and Google Ireland Limited €60 million about the way cookies can be refused on the websites google.fr and youtube.com.

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December 20, 2021

The CNIL orders Clearview AI to stop reusing photographs available on the Internet

The CNIL chair has ordered the company to cease this illegal processing and to delete the data within two months.

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December 17, 2021

Norvegian DPA imposes € 6.5 million fine against Grindr

The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has imposed an administrative fine of NOK 65 000 000 (€ 6.5 million) for not complying with the GDPR rules on consent.

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December 14, 2021

DPC draft decision on Facebook would end right to privacy, Norway claims

Norwegian authority says ruling would make data protection law ‘pointless’.

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December 10, 2021

Irish Regulator Pushed for ‘Monetisation of Personal Data’ In Data Protection Guidelines, Documents Reveal

The Irish Data Protection Authority pushed for a liberal interpretation of data protection law that would favour social media companies.

December 8, 2021

Irish DPC submits draft decision on inquiry into Instagram

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into Instagram to other Concerned Supervisory Authorities across the EU.

December 2, 2021

ICO issues ‘reprimands’ in private to large data lawbreakers

Blackbaud was given a private slap on the wrist by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after paying off criminals who stole users’ financial data from the cloud CRM biz’s servers.

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