Belgian DPA asks EU court for permission to take regulatory action against Facebook
The Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) is appearing at the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxemburg […]
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French Supervisory Authority Publishes Final Version of Cookie Guidelines
On October 1, 2020, the French Supervisory Authority (CNIL) published the final version of its Guidelines on cookies and other […]
Ireland’s data watchdog slammed for letting adtech carry on ‘biggest breach of all time’
A dossier of evidence detailing how the online ad targeting industry profiles Internet users’ intimate characteristics without their knowledge or […]
Facebook suffers blow in Australia legal fight over Cambridge Analytica
Tech giant fails to convince court it doesn’t carry out business in Australia as privacy regulator accuses Facebook of breaches. […]
Facebook appealing order by Ireland’s privacy regulator that could halt EU-US data transfers
Facebook is appealing a preliminary order from the Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) that the social media company says would […]
Facebook told it may have to suspend EU data transfers after Schrems II ruling
Ireland’s data protection watchdog, the DPC, has sent Facebook a preliminary order to suspend data transfers from the EU to […]
CNIL issues new guidance on data retention
The French Supervisory Authority CNIL in July has issued new updated guidelines on data retention. These Guidelines aim at providing […]
Danish hotel group fined for failing to delete customers’ details
The Arp-Hansen Hotel Group in Denmark has been fined 1.1m Danish crowns (US$170,000, €148,000) and referred to the police by […]
CNIL Adopts Its First Sanction as Lead Supervisory Authority
French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has levied a fine of €250,000 on French online shoe retailer, Spartoo, for various infringements […]
ICO publishes 2020 Annual Track survey results
UK’s data protection authority – Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) – has published 2020 Annual Track survey – a survey of […]
Dutch “Data Pro Code” Approved
On August 27, 2020, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) announced it approved the “Data Pro Code,” a code […]
Violation of personal data security by the Danish Data Protection Agency
Denmark’s data protection authority Datatilsynet has suffered a data breach when it discovered that its own documents, which should have […]