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April 18, 2022

Record GDPR fine by the Hungarian Data Protection Authority for the unlawful use of AI

The Hungarian Data Protection Authority has imposed the highest fine to date of ca. EUR 670,000 (HUF 250 million) for he unlawful use of AI.

April 12, 2022

Data Protection Authorities Propose GDPR Fines for Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank

Data Protection Authorities in Ireland and Denmark have proposed sizeable financial penalties for Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank for violations of the GDPR.

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March 16, 2022

Ireland fines Facebook €17 million for 2018 data breaches

The DPC has imposed a fine of €17m on Meta Platforms Ireland Limited (formerly Facebook Ireland Limited).

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March 10, 2022

Italian DPA fines Clearview AI €20 million

The Italian data protection authority fined the Clearview AI EUR 20 million for GDPR breaches when processing sensitive data.

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February 21, 2022

Grindr to appeal Norwegian fine for privacy violations

The gay dating app says it’s being singled out for practices that are widespread.

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February 7, 2022

European GDPR watchdog rules IAB ad-consent system unlawful

All data collected through the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) must now be deleted.

February 1, 2022

German Court Rules Websites Embedding Google Fonts Violates GDPR

A German court has ruled that websites that embed fonts from Google servers violate GDPR, and must pay €100 in damages.

February 1, 2022

French court upholds 100 mln euro fine against Google for breaches linked to cookie policy

France’s supreme administrative court upheld a decision by a DPA imposing a €100 million euro fine on Google for breaches linked to its cookies policy.

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January 31, 2022

Belgian Data Protection Authority Fines Bank for DPO’s Conflicting Roles

Belgian DPA fined a bank €75,000 for not ensuring that the tasks and duties of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) do not result in a conflict of interest.

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January 22, 2022

Italian SA fines Enel Energia EUR 26.5 million

Italian SA fines Enel Energia EUR 26.5 million for using consumers’ data without their consent and non complying with the accountability principle.

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January 21, 2022

European data regulators issued EUR1.1 billion in GDPR fines

Nearly EUR1.1 billion (USD1.23 billion / GBP0.9 billion) of fines have been imposed for a wide range of infringements of EU General Data Protection Regulation.

January 6, 2022

French watchdog fines Google 150 million euros for cookie compliance failure

CNIL fined Google LLC €90 million and Google Ireland Limited €60 million about the way cookies can be refused on the websites google.fr and youtube.com.

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