CNIL issues fine of 20,000 euros against a small company in France regardin videosurveillance
The French data protection authority, the CNIL, announced on 18th June 2019 that it has issued a 20,000 euros fine […]
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ICO publishes update report on adtech
For several months ICO has been reviewing how personal data is used in real time bidding (RTB) in programmatic advertising, […]
UK’s DPA Publishes Report on Impact of GDPR
On 30 May 2019, the United Kingdom’s data protection authority – Information Commissionner’s Office (ICO) – released a report, “GDPR: […]
France enacts Decree on application of data protection
On 1 June 2019 Decree No. 2019-536 of 29 May 2019 Enacted For the Application of Act No. 78-17 of 6 […]
CNIL Fines French Real Estate Service Provider for Data Security and Retention Failures
On June 6, 2019, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it levied a fine of €400,000 on […]
Spanish DPA fines soccer league 250K euros
La Liga has been fined 250,000 euros for violating the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and the European General Data […]
ICO’s Interim Report on Explaining AI
On June 3, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), released an Interim Report on a collaboration project with The […]
Belgian Data Protection Authority issues its first fine
On Tuesday 28 May 2019, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (DPA) imposed its first financial penalty since the entry into […]
Supreme Court dismisses Facebook appeal over transfer of user personal data to the US
Ireland’s Supreme Court has dismissed Facebook’s appeal over a High Court decision to refer key issues concerning the validity of […]
How Ireland became Europe’s data watchdog
Most of the major US tech companies, including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Apple, LinkedIn, Airbnb and Dropbox, are registered for […]
Irish regulator investigates Google’s Ad Exchange
The Irish Data Protection Commission will look into whether Google’s Ad Exchange system is GDPR-compliant. Ad Exchange system is used […]
German regional data protection authorities impose fines of EUR 449,000 for GDPR breaches
German regional data protection authorities have imposed fines in 75 cases totalling EUR 449,0000 for breaches of the European General […]