Danish DPA Takes New Position on the GDPR Legal Basis for Posting Online Photos
The Danish Data Protection Authority has changed its position regarding the legal basis for posting pictures online under the General […]
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Italian Supervisory Authority approves Code of Conduct under the GDPR
On September 12, 2019, the Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante) approved a code of conduct for consumer credit agencies, pursuant to […]
Polish DPA imposes €645,000 fine for insufficient organisational and technical safeguards
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of an amount higher than PLN 2.8 million (ca. […]
Belgian DPA: Requiring Customers to Allow Their ID Cards To Be Scanned To Receive Loyalty Cards Violates GDPR
Asking to read an electronic ID card as a condition for the provision of a service (issuing a rewards/loyalty card) […]
New Calculation Model for Data Protection Fines in Germany
In June, the conference of the German Data Protection Authorities (Datenschutzkonferenz) approved a concept for the calculation of GDPR fines. […]
Bavarian DPA investigates Blood Donation Service for website tracking
The Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA) is currently scrutinising the website of the blood donation service of the Bavarian Red […]
Bulgarian DPA fines bank €500,000 for data breach
Bulgaria’s data protection authority (DPA) – Commission for Personal Data Protection – has imposed a 1 million levs (about 500,000 […]
Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows
Microsoft is remotely collecting data from users of Windows Home and Windows Pro, in a potential breach of privacy rules, […]
Commission urges member states to allocate resources to DPAs
In July, the European Commission urged European countries to allocate sufficient human, financial and technical resources to national data protection […]
IAB Europe refuses to answer Irish Data Protection Commission
IAB Europe refuses to answer questions from Irish Data Protection Commission arising from formal GDPR complaint by Brave’s Dr Ryan […]
Joint statement on global privacy expectations of the Libra network
On August 8, representatives of the global community of data protection and privacy enforcement authorities issued a joint statement on […]
ICO Launches Public Consultation on New Data Sharing Code of Practice
On July 16, 2019, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) released a new draft Data sharing code of practice, which […]