Brazil fines Facebook $1.6 million over improper data sharing
Brazil announced that it had fined Facebook $1.6 million over improperly sharing user data with Cambridge Analytica. In issuing the […]
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Belgian Supervisory Authority Imposes Cookie Fine
On December 17, 2019, the Belgian Supervisory Authority imposed a fine of €15,000 on an company operating a legal information […]
German Telecommunications Company Fined 9.5 Million Euros for GDPR Violation
German Federal Data Protection Supervisory Authority (BfDI) imposed a 9.55 million Euro fine on the telecommunications company 1&1 Telecom GmbH. […]
TikTok to Pay $1.1 Million to Settle Kids’ Data Collection Suit
TikTok and its parent company ByteDance have agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a proposed class action alleging that […]
Hungary imposed a fine of EUR 3.6 M on Facebook
The Hungarian Competition Authority – GVH – found that Facebook Ireland Ltd. had infringed competition law when it advertised its […]
Top 10 GDPR Breaches in 2019 Cause €402.6 Million Fines
Enormous fines imposed for data breaches in 2019 prove that regulators have become severe about penalizing companies and organizations that […]
The ICO are owed £7m in unpaid fines
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) are struggling to collect monetary penalties from organisations it has fined since 2015. 152 fines […]
Dutch DPA fines company for not using 2FA
The Dutch Data Protection Authority imposed an order for incremental penalty payments of 150,000 euros per month with a maximum […]
Europe’s First Big Privacy Crackdown on Big Tech Is Coming Next Year
The Irish Data Protection Commission was due to give its draft decision on a WhatsApp privacy case in December, but […]
Irish data protection commissioner set to issue decisions on Twitter and Whatsapp probes by end of year
The Irish data protection commissioner expects to issue decisions on investigations into Twitter and Whatsapp by the end of the […]
The Polish supervisory authority imposed first administrative fine on a public entity
The President of the Personal Data Protection Office (“The President of the Office”) imposed first administrative fine of PLN 40,000 […]
Criminal proceedings against Österreichische Post
The Austrian data protection authority imposed an administrative fine of 18 million euros on Österreichische Post AG (Austian Postal Service) […]