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March 13, 2021

Record penalty of more than 8 million for Vodafone for infringing the data law

AEPD has fined 8.15 million euros against the British telephone operator with 8.15 million euros for marketing activities in breach of GDPR.

March 11, 2021

Apple hit with personalised ads complaint in France

A group representing 2,000 French startups filed a complaint against Apple on Tuesday, accusing the US company of failing to seek permission from users for personalised advertising.

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March 9, 2021

Ireland’s DPA publishes Annual Report 2020

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has published its 2020 Annual Report, highlighting key observations, emerging guidance, and large scale inquiries and decisions of 2020.

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February 26, 2021

Deutsche Wohnen fine now declared invalid by a German court

There has been a big bang in the data protection world in Berlin as the first and most spectacular GDPR fine in Germany has just been declared invalid.

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February 26, 2021

EU-U.S. data flows could face ‘massive disruption’

One of the European Union’s most powerful data regulators has warned companies may yet face massive disruption to translatlantic data flows as a result of an EU court ruling last year, despite efforts by policymakers to avoid that outcome.

February 13, 2021

Google challenges French data watchdog’s €100 million fine in court

Google has appealed to the one-stop-shop mechanism provided for in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which, in its view, requires it to report on data protection matters only to the corresponding authority in the country in which it is based, namely Ireland.

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February 12, 2021

EU’s lead data supervisor for most of big tech is using outdated tech

The lead data supervisor for a slew of tech giants in the European Union, including Apple, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, TikTok and Twitter, is still relying on Lotus Notes to manage complaints and investigations lodged under the bloc’s flagship General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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February 7, 2021

CNIL Calls Organizations to Audit their Sites and Apps for Cookie Compliance

French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) announced that it sent letters and emails to approximately 300 organizations, both private and public, to remind them of the new cookie law rules and the need to audit sites and apps to comply with those rules by March 31, 2021.