Italy tops GDPR penalty list with €46m worth of fines this year
Businesses operating within the European Union have been hit with a total of €68 million in fines relating to GDPR breaches […]
Netherlands
Dutch DPA finds Methods used by Tax and Customs Administration unlawful and discriminatory
The Benefits Office of the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration should not have processed the (dual) nationality of childcare benefit […]
Consumer privacy group files privacy breach court case against Oracle and Salesforce
A Dutch consumer privacy group has brought a class action claim against tech giants Oracle and Salesforce, alleging that their […]
The Netherlands DPA imposes EUR 830,000 fine for access request fees
On the 6 th of July 2020, the Dutch Data Protection Authority published its decision to impose a fine of […]
Long before the Coronavirus emergency law, Netherlands Central Bureau of Statistics had been tracking civilian mobile phones
An emergency law of the cabinet must regulate that the government can monitor the mobile phones of citizens in the […]
TikTok subject of Dutch data protection probe
The watchdog say they will “examine whether TikTok adequately protects the privacy of Dutch children”. The probe will examine whether […]
Dutch DPA imposes fine on employer processing fingerprints of employees
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens) issued a fine of EUR 725,000 for a company unlawfully processing fingerprints of […]
Netherlands court rules that violation of GDPR does not automatically result in damages
The Netherlands Advisory Division of the Council of State overruled the decision of a lower instance to award the claimant […]
Dutch DPA fines Tennis Association EUR 525,000
The Dutch DPA imposed a fine of EUR 525,000 on tennis association KNLTB for selling the personal data of its […]
Welfare surveillance system violates human rights, Dutch court rules
A Dutch court has ordered the immediate halt of an automated surveillance system for detecting welfare fraud because it violates […]
€114 Million in Fines Imposed by EU Authorities Under GDPR
New findings from DLA Piper show that 160,000 data breach notifications reported across 28 European Union Member States and data […]
Carrefour’s fingerprint payments to be investigated by Belgian privacy agency
The Belgian Data Protection Authority has stated that there is “a good chance” it will investigate Carrefour’s fingerprint payment system. […]