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November 29, 2021

WhatsApp privacy policy tweaked in Europe after record fine

WhatsApp is rewriting policies to comply with regulator demands after being issued an enormous fine.

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November 29, 2021

Advocate General Releases Opinion in CJEU Referrals on Data Retention

On November 18, 2021, the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued an opinion on several data retention cases before by the Court, following a long line of CJEU jurisprudence on this topic.

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November 28, 2021

Italy’s antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use

Italy’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet’s Google and iPhone maker Apple 10 million euros ($11.2 million) each for “aggressive practices” linked to the commercial use of user data.

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November 25, 2021

“Black box” Amazon: algorithm discriminates customers

Another complaint against Amazon Europe: a customer made an access request to find out why he was denied certain payment options; he did not receive a reply.

November 25, 2021

UK data guardian critical of proposals to change UK data law

Plans to change UK regulations could mean a ‘significant departure’ from EU law, watchdog says.

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November 23, 2021

EDPB issues draft guidelines on the interplay between the GDPR’s provisions on territorial scope and international data transfers

EDPB released draft guidelines on the interplay betweenGDPR Article 3 (territorial scope) and the Chapter V (restrictions on international data transfers).

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November 19, 2021

EU Commission: Belgium Data Protection Authority lacks independence

The Commission has decided to send a reasoned opinion to Belgium for failing to ensure full independence of its Data Protection Authority.

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November 18, 2021

Some clarification for EU data transfers on the horizon

The European Commission’s Bruno Gencarelli offers some clarity and updates on the state of EU data transfers at the IAPP Data Protection Congress 2021.