Lack of big tech GDPR decisions looms large in EU watchdog’s annual report
Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner – the lead European Union privacy regulator for most of big tech – has put out […]
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Facebook postpones launch of dating app
Facebook has been forced into an embarrassing postponement of its new dating service all across Europe 36 hours before Valentine’s […]
ICO issues maximum pre-GDPR fine on major UK retailer
Last month the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), the UK data protection regulator, imposed a monetary penalty notice of £500,000 on […]
Human Error Not Cybersecurity is Leading GDPR Data Breach Trend
Human error is the main data breach trend under the new GDPR regime not cybersecurity incidents according the Irish Data […]
Tinder’s handling of user data is now under GDPR probe in Europe
Dating app Tinder is the latest tech service to find itself under formal investigation in Europe over how it handles […]
Irish DPA investigates Google’s processing of location data
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) – Irelands data protection authority -, in its role as Lead Supervisory Authority for Google, […]
Cyprus DPA banns automated scoring of employee sick leaves
The Commissioner for Personal Data Protection (Cypriot SA) banned the processing and fined LGS Handling Ltd, Louis Travel Ltd and […]
14% of Android app privacy policies contain contradictions about data collection
An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data […]
CNIL launches a public consultation on its draft recommendation on “cookies and other trackers”
On 4 July 2019, the CNIL published guidelines on the application of Article 82 of the French Data Protection Act. […]
ICO Publishes Final Version of Its Age Appropriate Design Code
On January 21, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code, […]
€114 Million in Fines Imposed by EU Authorities Under GDPR
New findings from DLA Piper show that 160,000 data breach notifications reported across 28 European Union Member States and data […]
Italy fines gas company EUR 11.5 million for unsolicited telemarketing
The Italian Supervisory Authority imposed two fines on Eni Gas and Luce (Egl), totalling EUR 11,5 million, concerning respectively illicit […]