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April 14, 2021

German DPA investigates WhatsApp Terms of Use

Urgency proceedings opened against Facebook in connection with the new WhatsApp Terms of Use.

April 13, 2021

Irish DPC probes whether Facebook data leak falls under GDPR time frame

The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is probing whether any of the data records of 533 million Facebook users published over the weekend were leaked after the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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March 18, 2021

French Data Privacy Watchdog Opens Probe Into Clubhouse

Clubhouse

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January 27, 2021

UK regulator to write to WhatsApp over Facebook data sharing

Information commissioner says the chat app committed in 2017 not to share contact and user information.

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January 23, 2021

ICO resumes adtech investigation

In May 2020, UK’s information Commissioner’s Office paused investigation into real time bidding (RTB) and the adtech industry. Now it is resumed.

January 22, 2021

Brussels zeroes in on Google’s adtech business

The European Commission is mulling two new probes into the tech giant.

January 15, 2021

Confusion over WhatsApp’s new T&Cs triggers privacy warning from Italy

Confusion over an update to Facebook-owned chat platform WhatsApp’s terms and conditions has triggered an intervention by Italy’s data protection agency.

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January 15, 2021

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission ‘acutely strained’ by big tech cases

The Data Protection Commission warned it was “acutely strained” as it grappled with cases involving giant multinational tech companies and rising complaints from members of the public.

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January 12, 2021

Turkey investigates WhatsApp and Facebook over data privacy update

The new policy means users outside the EU and UK must agree to more of their data being shared to Facebook for advertising purposes.

January 11, 2021

UK competition watchdog opens probe into Google privacy changes

Google’s ‘Privacy Sandbox’ plan to remove third party cookies from its Chrome browser is being probed by a regulator in the United Kingdom over concerns it would be anticompetitive.