Germany may ban Facebook from third-party data sharing
Germany’s Federal Cartel Office intends to ban Facebook from collecting user data from third parties. This will also prohibit data […]
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Business fined after data subject access request failings
A business that failed to respond fully to a data subject access request and later ignored an enforcement notice served […]
GDPR May Add Up To $8.8B Marriott’s Data Breach Expenses
Marriott data breach is under investigation in several countries, where the hotel and resorts giant has a presence. In the […]
CNIL Fines French Telecom Operator for Data Security Failure
On December 27, 2018, the French Data Protection Authority (the “CNIL”) announced that it imposed a fine of €250,000 on […]
Mozilla Head Predicts Increased GDPR Enforcement in 2019
Senior Policy Manager and EU Principal for Mozilla, a company know for its stance on privacy and open internet, Raegan […]
Irish Data Protection Commission Spokesperson Warns Agency will ‘Use Full Powers’ in 2019
A spokesperson for the Irish Data protection Commission (DPC) recently revealed in an interview that his organisation will be applying […]
Uber fined €400,000 in France over data breach
Uber in France has been hit with a €400,000 fine by the country’s data protection watchdog in response to a […]
GDPR’s impact was too soft in 2018, but next year will be different
One of the defining moments for tech in 2018 was on May 25, when the EU implemented its General Data […]
Dispatch from Brussels: GDPR enforcement, guidance to come in 2019
During her interview with IAPP Chief Knowledge Officer Omer Tene, Dixon said major GDPR-related fines will not come down the […]
ICO issues the first fines to organisations that have not paid the data protection fee
Organisations across the business services, construction and finance sectors are among the first to be fined by the ICO for […]
Germany’s first fine under the GDPR offers enforcement insights
On Nov. 21 , the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information Baden-Wuerttemberg (LfDI) imposed the first fine under […]
Uber fined more than $1 million by U.K. and Dutch authorities
Uber was fined a combined $1.17 million by British and Dutch authorities Tuesday for a 2016 data breach that exposed […]