Will Europe’s Privacy Bill of Rights Ever Truly Be Enforced?
GDPR did lead to more transparency about how companies were using data but many of the rights have been nearly impossible to exercise.
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Meta alleges DPC’s €405m Instagram fine is unconstitutional
The DPC issued the fine last September after investigating GDPR breaches.
EU leaders fire warning shots at TikTok over privacy
Brussels expects the platform to go the ‘extra mile in respecting EU law’ and regaining trust, says Commissioner Jourová.
Facebook data-scraping breach triggers GDPR enforcement lawsuit in Ireland
Meta and its lead data protection regulator in the European Union are facing an interesting legal challenge over a major data-scraping breach and GDPR enforcement of it.
French CNIL Finds GDPR Not Applicable to a US Company Providing a Browser Extension
French DPA closed down an investigation against a US company providing a browser extension, after finding that its activities were not subject to the GDPR.
Meta fined €390 million for using personal data without consent
Facebook, Instagram told to pay up, make changes to data slurping process within 3 months.
Microsoft Receives 60 Million Euro Fine from CNIL
The French authority imposed a 60 million euro fine on Microsoft for failing to implement a mechanism to reject cookies as easily as accepting them.
Microsoft launches EU ‘data boundary’ from next year
Pitches storage, cloudy software compliance to twitchy EU customers thinking about GDPR.
Tracking ads on Twitter puts Musk on a collision course with EU privacy laws
Twitter’s lead privacy regulator in the European Union is being kept very busy indeed by Elon Musk’s erratic piloting of the bird site.
EU court rejects WhatsApp challenge against EU Data Protection Board
The Court of Justice of the European Union has dismissed as inadmissible an action brought by WhatsApp against a decision of the European Data Protection Board.
CJEU Invalidates Public Anti-Money Laundering Registers on Privacy Grounds
The Court found that while deterring money laundering was a valid objective, making data available to everyone was neither a necessary nor proportionate.
EU privacy regulator steps in to restrict Meta’s advertising practices
Ireland’s data watchdog now has one month to adopt the EU’s decision, which could impact Meta’s targeted advertising policies in Europe.