Irish DPA leaves 99,93% of GDPR complaints without decision
Irish data protection authority acknowledged in Irish Parliament hearing it “handles” GDPR complaints by not deciding about them, in violation of EU law.
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Enschede council fined for snooping on citizens via their phones
The Dutch privacy watchdog has fined Enschede local council for tracking its residents using their mobile phones
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.