France issues first legal decision on facial recognition
The Administrative Court (TA) of Marseille has made its decision regarding the use of facial recognition technology at two French […]
GDPR
Croatian DPA issues credit institution 20m GDPR fine
The Croatian data protection authority (AZOP) has imposed a fine of EUR 20m for violating the EU General Data Protection […]
Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes €7 million administrative fine on Google
The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes a fine of 75 million Swedish kronor (approximately 7 million euro) on Google for […]
Advocate General delivers opinion on GDPR consent
On March 4, 2020, Advocate General Szpunar (“AG”) delivered his opinion in the case C-61/19 Orange România SA v Autoritatea […]
EU DPAs Issue Green and Red Lights for Processing Health Data During the COVID-19 Epidemic
As Europe is grappling with an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, some European Data Protection Authorities issued public interest guidance […]
Swedish Data Inspectorate investigates Clearview AI
Swedish supervisory authority – Datainspektionen – is conducting an investigation on possible use of facial recognition technology provided by US […]
Fine for processing students’ fingerprints imposed on a school
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of PLN 20 000 in connection with the breach […]
UK Home Office breached GDPR 100 times
The UK Home Office has breached European data protection regulations at least 100 times in its handling of the EU […]
Big tech ‘procedural queries’ delay decision on first data fines
A decision by the Ireland’s data protection watchdog – Data Protection Commissioner – on whether to issue the first fines […]
Facebook isn’t sharing all off-platform data with users
Facebook is now offering users a feature that lets them see what data it has collected about their activities beyond […]
Max Schrems files complaint against Amazon
Max Schrems, head of None Of Your Business (noyb), has announced the not-for-profit organisation is to file a complaint to […]
Google users in UK to lose EU data protection
Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them […]