DPA

November 1, 2019

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. […]

October 30, 2019

The Austrian data protection authority imposed an administrative fine of 18 million euros on Österreichische Post AG (Austian Postal Service) […]

October 30, 2019

Facebook has said it will pay the £500,000 financial penalty that the social network was issued by the UK’s data […]

October 22, 2019

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has published information note on data breach trends from the first year of the General Data […]

October 19, 2019

Ireland provided the Data Protection Commission with significantly less funding than it needs at a time when it is struggling […]

October 1, 2019

The Danish Data Protection Authority has changed its position regarding the legal basis for posting pictures online under the General […]

September 26, 2019

On September 12, 2019, the Italian Supervisory Authority (Garante) approved a code of conduct for consumer credit agencies, pursuant to […]

September 21, 2019

The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of an amount higher than PLN 2.8 million (ca. […]

September 21, 2019

Asking to read an electronic ID card as a condition for the provision of a service (issuing a rewards/loyalty card) […]

September 11, 2019

In June, the conference of the German Data Protection Authorities (Datenschutzkonferenz) approved a concept for the calculation of GDPR fines. […]

September 6, 2019

The Bavarian Data Protection Authority (BayLDA) is currently scrutinising the website of the blood donation service of the Bavarian Red […]

August 30, 2019

Bulgaria’s data protection authority (DPA) – Commission for Personal Data Protection – has imposed a 1 million levs (about 500,000 […]