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November 27, 2020

French food retail giant Carrefour fined €3m for GDPR breaches

The French multinational retailer Carrefour has been fined €3m for multiple data protection failings. Data protection agency CNIL has fined […]

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November 20, 2020

Vodafone fined over 12 million Euro by Italian DPA for aggressive telemarketing practices

The Italian data protection supervisory authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) ordered Vodafone to pay a fine in […]

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November 17, 2020

German Court Slashes a GDPR Privacy Fine by 90%

A German appeals court has slashed by 90% a General Data Protection Regulation fine levied by the nation’s federal privacy […]

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November 16, 2020

Ticketmaster fined £1.25m over personal data breach

Ticketmaster has been fined £1.25m for failing to keep the personal data of millions of customers secure. The online events […]

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November 5, 2020

Data protection scofflaws failed to pay £2m or 68% of fines from UK watchdog

Scofflaws have failed to pay nearly £2m in fines handed out by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office over the past […]

October 31, 2020

Marriott International fined £18.4m for 2014 data breach

The UK data regulator has issued Marriott International with a watered-down £18.4 million fine for a data breach that affected […]

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October 29, 2020

Experian faces GDPR action after ICO finds ‘widespread data protection failings’

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has ordered credit rating giant Experian to stop profiting from the secretive enriching and processing […]

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October 16, 2020

ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details […]

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October 9, 2020

ICO Launches Consultation on Its Draft Statutory Guidance

On October 1, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a public consultation on its draft Statutory Guidance. The […]

October 2, 2020

Fashion chain H&M fined $35m for snooping on employees

Fashion chain H&M has been fined $35million for data protection breaches, including recording and sharing private information about hundreds of […]

September 1, 2020

Danish hotel group fined for failing to delete customers’ details

The Arp-Hansen Hotel Group in Denmark has been fined 1.1m Danish crowns (US$170,000, €148,000) and referred to the police by […]

September 1, 2020

CNIL Adopts Its First Sanction as Lead Supervisory Authority

French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) has levied a fine of €250,000 on French online shoe retailer, Spartoo, for various infringements […]

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Marriott International fined £18.4m for 2014 data breach

ICO Launches Consultation on Its Draft Statutory Guidance

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