Data watchdog rejects EU criticism over Max Schrems complaints
The DPC had been dealt a stinging rebuke by the EU’s Parliamentary Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.
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Belgian DPA imposes €50,000 Fine on Family Service
The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of 50,000 euro on the company Family Service for various breaches of the GDPR.
Italy tells TikTok to block users after death of young girl
The Italian data privacy watchdog ordered video app TikTok on Friday to block the accounts of any users in Italy whose age it could not verify following the death of a 10-year-old girl who had been using the Chinese-owned app.
UK regulator to write to WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing
Information commissioner says the chat app committed in 2017 not to share contact and user information.
EUR 272.5m in fines imposed by European regulators under GDPR
EUR 272.5 million of fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of Europe’s tough data protection laws
Irish DPC publishes draft Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing
On December 18, 2020, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) published its draft Fundamentals for a Child-Oriented Approach to Data Processing.
Facebook’s EU-US data transfers face their final countdown
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has agreed to swiftly finalize a long-standing complaint against Facebook’s international data transfers for EU to US.
Confusion over WhatsApp’s new T&Cs triggers privacy warning from Italy
Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection agency.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission ‘acutely strained’ by big tech cases
The Data Protection Commission warned it was “acutely strained” as it grappled with cases involving giant multinational tech companies and rising complaints from members of the public.
German DPA fines company 10.4 million euros for monitoring employees without legal basis
The State Commissioner for Data Protection (LfD) Lower Saxony has imposed a fine of 10.4 million euros on notebooksbilliger.de AG.
Italian Privacy Watchdog Initiates Proceedings Against TikTok
The investigations the Italian DPA highlight data processing activities that are not compliant with GDPR.
UK ICO Publishes New Data Sharing Code
The Code focuses mainly on data sharing among data controllers who are subject to the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018.