German Authorities Issue 41 GDPR Fines
41 fines have been issued by German privacy authorities through mid-January of this year. The fines are low compared to […]
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FTC Hits TikTok With Record $5.7 Million Fine Over Children’s Privacy
The company will pay $5.7 million to settle allegations that the social media app formerly known as Musical.ly illegally collected […]
GDPR fines ‘likely to end up before Europe’s highest court’
Fines levied on multinationals and other organisations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) are likely to end up before […]
An Approach for Setting Administrative Fines Under the GDPR
Article 83 of the GDPR provides for two levels of administrative fines: a lower level – maximum of €10 million […]
Facebook Is about to Get a Massive Fine. It Probably Won’t Change Anything
The U.S. government will hit Facebook with a record-breaking multibillion-dollar fine over privacy violations. Yet experts warn that despite the […]
Facebook faces multibillion FTC fine over Cambridge Analytica privacy breach
The fallout from the Cambridge Analytica scandal could be about to cost Facebook dear, with reports the social network is […]
Company closure and 4-year ban for director after marketing regulation breach
A director of a lead generating service has been banned for four years after failing to ensure his company complied […]
Company closure and 4-year ban for director after marketing regulation breach
A director of a lead generating service has been banned for four years after failing to ensure his company complied […]
German Regulator Says Facebook Can’t Use Data From Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas […]
German Regulator Says Facebook Can’t Use Data From Instagram and WhatsApp
Facebook “was able to build a unique database for each individual user and thus to gain market power,” says Andreas […]
Learning from Google’s record-setting GDPR fine
With the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL) disclosing on January 21 st a 50 million euro fine against Google LLC, […]
Data privacy rules in the EU may leave the US behind
The European Union has issued its first fine, cracking down on companies that misuse users’ personal data. Why hasn’t the […]