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April 10, 2021

Italian DPA fines Fastweb $5.3M under GDPR for aggressive telemarketing

The Italian Data Protection Authority (“Garante”) on April 2 announced a fine of €4.5 million (U.S. $5.3 million) against telecommunications company Fastweb for misusing customer data for telemarketing purposes.

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April 7, 2021

French data watchdog to start checking cookie policy compliance

France’s data protection watchdog CNIL will from 1st April begin conducting checks to ensure websites are in compliance with new guidelines on advertising trackers after the deadline it granted expired.

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April 3, 2021

MEPs rue lack of GDPR sanctions issued by Irish data authority

MEPs have said that “a lack of political will and resources” had resulted in a laggard approach to enforcement of the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR).

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March 13, 2021

Record penalty of more than 8 million for Vodafone for infringing the data law

AEPD has fined 8.15 million euros against the British telephone operator with 8.15 million euros for marketing activities in breach of GDPR.

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February 26, 2021

Deutsche Wohnen fine now declared invalid by a German court

There has been a big bang in the data protection world in Berlin as the first and most spectacular GDPR fine in Germany has just been declared invalid.

February 18, 2021

Facebook fined €7 million by watchdog

In addition to sanctioning Facebook for 5 million euros, the Authority had prohibited the further dissemination of the misleading practice and ordered the publication of an amendment statement on the homepage of the company website for Italy, on the Facebook app and on the personal page of each registered Italian user.

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February 17, 2021

Swedish Police unlawfully used facial recognition app, says Privacy Watchdog

The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection finds that the Swedish Police Authority has processed personal data in breach of the Swedish Criminal Data Act when using Clearview AI to identify individuals.

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February 3, 2021

Australian government ordered to compensate asylum seekers for privacy breaches

The Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner in Australia, Angelene Falk, has found the Department of Home Affairs interfered with the privacy of 9,251 asylum seekers by mistakenly releasing their personal information.

February 2, 2021

Belgian DPA imposes €50,000 Fine on Family Service

The Belgian DPA has imposed a fine of 50,000 euro on the company Family Service for various breaches of the GDPR.

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February 2, 2021

Epsilon agrees to pay $150m fine to DoJ for selling data to fraudsters

Epsilon Data Management has agreed a $150m settlement with the US DoJ to resolve a criminal charge for selling data on more than 30 million Americans to fraudsters.