GDPR

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July 21, 2021

Austrian Supreme Court asks CJEU if Facebook “undermines” GDPR since 2018

The Austrian Supreme Court referred fundamental questions about Facebook’s GDPR compliance to Court of Justice of European Union.

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July 15, 2021

EDPB adopts urgent binding decision: Irish SA not to take final measures but to carry out statutory investigation

The EDPB adopted its first urgent binding decision pursuant to Art. 66(2) GDPR.

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July 12, 2021

Lithuanian DPA Imposes Fine on a Sports Club for Use of Fingerprints

Lithuanian DPA fined sports club 20.000€ for improper use of fingerprints for identification.

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July 7, 2021

Commission opens an infringement procedure against Belgium on the independence of its Data Protection Authority

The Commission sent formal notice to Belgium for violating Article 52 of the GDPR, which states that the DPA shall be independent.

July 5, 2021

Norwegian DPA fines company for accessing former employee’s e-mail inbox

The manager of the enterprise had changed the password and logged on to the complainant’s e-mail account every day for a period of six weeks after the employment had ended. Norwegian DPA found that the enterprise lacks a legal basis for accessing e-mail in this manner.

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July 2, 2021

Digital ad industry accused of huge data breach

Legal action filed over volume of data shared by digital advertising firms during ad space sales.

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June 29, 2021

CNIL releases draft recommendation on retention of traceability data

France’s data protection authority, the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés, launched a public debate over its draft recommendation relating to terms of retention and use of data logs.

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June 28, 2021

Europe’s Data Law Is Broken, Departing Privacy Chief Warns

The European Union’s “GDPR” privacy law suffers from “massive flaws” and endless infighting, according to one of the bloc’s top regulators.

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June 21, 2021

Gov.UK taskforce publishes post-Brexit wish-list: ‘TIGRR’ pounces on GDPR, metric measures

A UK government taskforce chaired by Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP, has published a wish list of regulatory proposals it wants to see adopted by a post-Brexit administration.