GDPR

December 23, 2020

Italian Privacy Watchdog Initiates Proceedings Against TikTok

The investigations the Italian DPA highlight data processing activities that are not compliant with GDPR.

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December 22, 2020

UK ICO Publishes New Data Sharing Code

The Code focuses mainly on data sharing among data controllers who are subject to the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018.

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December 22, 2020

EDPB Publishes Its 2021-2023 Strategy

the European Data Protection Board released its 2021-2023 Strategy. read this article to learn more.

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December 22, 2020

Senate Commerce Committee Holds Hearing on the Invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows

The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation held a hearing on the Invalidation of the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield and the Future of Transatlantic Data Flows.

December 17, 2020

Twitter fined by Ireland over bug that made private tweets public, in world first for EU data privacy law

Twitter has been fined over a bug that made private tweets public, in a world-first for data protection laws.

December 17, 2020

Facebook to move UK users to California terms, avoiding EU privacy rules

Facebook will shift all its UK users in into user agreements with the headquarters in California, moving them out of reach of Europe’s privacy laws.

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December 16, 2020

Belgian DPA to Take Down Websites Infringing GDPR

Belgian Data Protection Authority’s agreement with DNS Belgium will allow to suspend “.be” websites that are linked to infringements of the GDPR.

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December 14, 2020

EU-US data transfer clarity may take several months, warns head of EDPS

The head of the EDPS told Reuters said he is doubtful that EU businesses will receive clarity in the coming weeks and months over the uncertainty around EU-US data transfers.

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December 12, 2020

France fines Google $120M and Amazon $42M for dropping tracking cookies without consent

Google has been hit with a total of €100 million ($120 million) for dropping cookies on Google.fr and Amazon €35 million (~$42 million) for doing so on the Amazon .fr domain under the penalty notices issued on December 10.