The ICO are owed £7m in unpaid fines
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) are struggling to collect monetary penalties from organisations it has fined since 2015. 152 fines […]
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Dutch DPA fines company for not using 2FA
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an order for incremental penalty payments of 150,000 euros per month with a maximum […]
UK’s data regulator again warns ad tech over GDPR compliance
U.K. data protection authority, The Information Commissioner’s Office, has stepped up its warning for the ad tech industry to get […]
ICO concerned by mass health data-sharing with advertisers
The UK’s data regulator has expressed deep concerns over reports that some of the most popular health websites are sharing […]
Data Protection Commissioner investigating micro-targeting on social media
The Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon has said her office is conducting a number of investigations into the micro-targeting of […]
Data Protection Commission engaging with Revolut as a “matter of urgency”
The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has said that it will be engaging with financial technology company Revolut as “a […]
Spanish Supervisory Authority and EDPS release guidance on hashing for data pseudonymization and anonymization purposes
On November 4, 2019, the Spanish Supervisory Authority (“AEPD”), in collaboration with the European Data Protection Supervisor, published guidance on the […]
Data for money: App facilitating data portability now under the EDPB’s scrutiny
A number of Italian retailers submitted to the Italian Data Protection Authority, the Garante, very similar complaints concerning massive data […]
Irish data protection commissioner set to issue decisions on Twitter and Whatsapp probes by end of year
The Irish data protection commissioner expects to issue decisions on investigations into Twitter and Whatsapp by the end of the […]
Sweden authorises the use of facial recognition technology by the police
Sweden’s data protection authority has approved the use of facial recognition technology by the police, to help identify criminal suspects. […]
Criminal proceedings against Österreichische Post
The Austrian data protection authority imposed an administrative fine of 18 million euros on Österreichische Post AG (Austian Postal Service) […]
Facebook accepts Cambridge Analytica fine
Facebook has said it will pay the £500,000 financial penalty that the social network was issued by the UK’s data […]