The European Commission has proposed new rules to speed up GDPR enforcement by requiring privacy regulators to share information upfront in major cases and settle disputes out of court, although the draft law has faced criticism from both privacy activists and Big Tech companies.
British police shared sensitive data collected from individuals reporting sexual offences and domestic abuse crimes on their websites with Facebook for targeted advertising.
Norway’s data protection authority, Datatilsynet, has threatened to fine Meta Platforms $100,000 per day for privacy breaches and illegal data harvesting for targeted advertising.
Garante has issued a request for information to TikTok in response to reports detailing possible breaches by former executives.
Google’s plan to launch their AI chatbot Bard in the European Union has been delayed due to privacy concerns raised by the Irish DPA.
The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposed a hefty fine of €5 Million on Spotify due to their failure to GDPR non-compliance.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) has expressed its concern regarding the manner in which open-source Artificial Intelligence (AI) company, OpenAI, is handling personal data.
The CNIL brought an end to the proceedings against Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited as it complied with requirements.
Ireland’s DPA to fine Microsoft $425m for LinkedIn’s GDPR breaches.
ICO is taking steps to ensure that data protection laws are upheld when using AI.
European regulators are about to make a ruling on whether TikTok has breached the GDPR by failing to protect children’s data.
Irish DPA has issued a record fine of €1.2 billion to Meta, for violations related to the transfer of users’ personal data from the EU to the US.