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, […]
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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 […]
EU privacy ruling against Facebook to come by end 2019
European privacy investigators expect to complete a lengthy probe into whether Facebook violated the bloc’s tough data protection rules by […]
Italian DPA Issues Judgment Concerning ‘Right to be Forgotten’
On July 22, 2019, the Italian supervisory authority for data protection (Garante) issued a judgment involving the so-called “right to […]
Cookies and other tracking devices: the CNIL publishes new guidelines
Without waiting for the future ePrivacy regulation, which is currently under discussion at the European level and which is not […]
EU working group to harmonize sanctions
Sweden is entering as one of the chairmen of the EU working group to work for harmonization of sanctions according […]
ICO opens consultation on the draft data sharing code of practice
The updated draft code of practice will explain and advise on changes to data protection legislation where these changes are relevant to […]
Whistleblower data breach reports almost triple after GDPR crackdown
Whistleblower reports over data breaches have almost tripled over the past year since the introduction of GDPR. Reports from whistleblowers […]
ICO publishes annual report
UK’s data protection authority – Information Commissioner’s Office – has released its annual report. Highlights from 12 months to 31 […]