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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.

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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.

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October 13, 2021

Irish regulator proposes 36 mln euro Facebook privacy fine

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has proposed fining Facebook up to 36 million euros in one of more than a dozen probes it has opened.

September 24, 2021

WhatsApp challenges DPC’s €225 million fine

Case initiated in the High Court over ‘disproportionate’ penalties on company.

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September 14, 2021

Ireland fails to enforce EU law against Big Tech

Irish regulator has not resolved 98% of 164 significant data protection complaints.

September 8, 2021

Turkey fines WhatsApp over data breach

Turkey joined a host of other countries in fining Facebook’s ubiquitous WhatsApp messaging service for failing to sufficiently protect user data.

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September 7, 2021

Record GDPR fine has implications for calculation of GDPR fines and regulatory expectations around transparency rules

The €225 million WhatsAapp fine represents a significant increase from the initial €30m-€50m proposed by the DPC.

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September 6, 2021

Fines Issued by the ICO Surge by 1580% in 2020/21

Fines issued by the ICO in FY 2020/21 reached a record £42m, a 1580% increase on the previous year.

September 2, 2021

Ireland watchdog fines WhatsApp €225 million for flouting EU data rules

Messaging app calls €225m fine for breaking data protection rules ‘entirely disproportionate’.

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