Google remain under ICO scrutiny for GDPR misdemeanours
The Information Commissioner’s Office is to work alongside regulators in Europe to establish whether Google has fallen foul of more […]
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EU DPAs urged to act against online ad auctions
Panoptykon Foundation, the Warsaw based digital rights organization, has joined in the complaints filed in the UK and Ireland in […]
Learning from Google’s record-setting GDPR fine
With the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) disclosing on January 21 st a 50 million euro fine against Google LLC, […]
IBM releases diverse dataset to fight facial recognition bias
The tech giant released a trove of data containing 1 million images of faces taken from a Flickr dataset with […]
Dutch Data Protection Authority received record amount of data breach notifications in 2018
Dutch Data Protection Authority received record amount of data breach notifications in 2018. Earlier today, the Dutch Data Protection Authority […]
ICO explains personal data flows after Brexit
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) posted a myth-busting blog for small and medium businesses (SMBs) with facts on how data […]
EU data watchdog raises concerns over Facebook integration
Facebook’s plan to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger could raise significant data protection concerns, according to the Irish commission […]
Flood of Complaints to EU Countries Since Data Law Adopted
More than 95,000 complaints have been filed with EU countries since the bloc’s flagship data protection laws took effect eight […]
Irish DPA asks Supreme Court to uphold ruling in Facebook case
Facebook wants to alter High Court findings on issues concerning the validity of EU-US data transfer channels because it “doesn’t […]
Validity of consent coupled with free online services
The Austrian Data Protection Authority, headed by the chair of the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), provided a clear way […]
Small business in Germany hit with €5,000 GDPR fine
A small business in Germany has been issued with a €5,000 fine for inadequate data processing standards, after misplacing one […]
Dutch SA initiates exploratory investigation into DPAs
The Dutch Supervisory Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, “AP”) recently communicated a press release stating that it reached out to 30 organizations […]