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April 29, 2021

EU grappling with potential one-stop-shop reform

Key stakeholders on EU data protection came together at the Global Privacy Summit Online 2021 to discuss potential solutions to the GDPR one-stop shop dilemma.

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April 16, 2021

Italian DPA launches a contest on ‘easy privacy information via icons’

‘Easy privacy information via icons? Yes, you can!’ The Italian DPA launches a contest calling for creative ideas from all quarters.

April 13, 2021

Irish DPC probes whether Facebook data leak falls under GDPR time frame

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is probing whether any of the data records of 533 million Facebook users published over the weekend were leaked after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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April 10, 2021

Italian DPA fines Fastweb $5.3M under GDPR for aggressive telemarketing

The Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) on April 2 announced a fine of €4.5 million (U.S. $5.3 million) against telecommunications company Fastweb for misusing customer data for telemarketing purposes.

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April 7, 2021

French data watchdog to start checking cookie policy compliance

France’s data protection watchdog CNIL will from 1st April begin conducting checks to ensure websites are in compliance with new guidelines on advertising trackers after the deadline it granted expired.

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April 3, 2021

MEPs rue lack of GDPR sanctions issued by Irish data authority

MEPs have said that “a lack of political will and resources” had resulted in a laggard approach to enforcement of the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR).

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April 3, 2021

Dutch privacy watchdog fines Booking.com €475K

Hotel booking site Booking.com got hit with a €475,000 fine for being late to report a data breach, the company’s lead EU privacy regulator announced Wednesday.

March 31, 2021

Microsoft says Ireland should have ‘a bigger voice’ on EU regulation

The tech giant’s vice president for European government affairs,Caspar Klynge, says that a more assertive Irish voice is needed to address a “balance of power” shift in the EU

March 30, 2021

Bavarian DPA Declares Use E-mail Marketing Service Prohibited without Assessment and Supplementary Measures

Bavarian DPA declared the use of Mailchimp in Bavaria impermissible due to non-compliance with Schrems II mitigation steps in relation to the transfer of e-mail addresses to Mailchimp in the U.S.

March 28, 2021

French data protection watchdog casts doubt on Apple’s privacy compliance

The US tech giant’s targeted advertising practices raise a lot of questions, the CNIL writes in a confidential note.

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March 26, 2021

EU Data Privacy Watchdogs Urged to Sort Out ‘Public Squabbles’

European Union privacy regulators must sort out their “public squabbles” over the enforcement of the bloc’s data-protection rules or its executive body may consider moving to a more centralized model to target violations.