sanctions

December 8, 2021

Irish DPC submits draft decision on inquiry into Instagram

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) submitted a draft decision in an inquiry into Instagram to other Concerned Supervisory Authorities across the EU.

December 2, 2021

ICO issues ‘reprimands’ in private to large data lawbreakers

Blackbaud was given a private slap on the wrist by the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) after paying off criminals who stole users’ financial data from the cloud CRM biz’s servers.

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November 30, 2021

US facial recognition firm faces £17m UK fine for ‘serious breaches’

Clearview AI may have gathered data without people’s knowledge, says Information Commissioner’s Office.

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November 28, 2021

Italy’s antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use

Italy’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet’s Google and iPhone maker Apple 10 million euros ($11.2 million) each for “aggressive practices” linked to the commercial use of user data.

November 9, 2021

Half of UK data protection fines still unpaid

More than half of data protection fines issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office over the last two years, totalling more than £5m, have not been paid.

October 20, 2021

Court confirms Twitter’s €450,000 fine

Dublin Circuit Court confirmed the Irish Data Protection Commission’s (DPC) decision to impose an administrative fine on Twitter.

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October 19, 2021

Austrian Post fined €9.5 million for GDPR breaches

he Austrian data protection authority imposed a fine of EUR 9.5 million on Austrian Post.

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October 14, 2021

French privacy watchdog takes action on government fingerprint database issues

CNIL has decided to call the Ministry of the Interior to order after observing several failures in the proper maintenance of the automated fingerprint file.