sanctions

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May 18, 2023

75% of Ireland’s GDPR decisions since 2018 overruled

EDPB has overruled a whopping 75% of decisions made by the Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) in EU cases.

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May 18, 2023

CJEU’s Advocate General Issues Opinion on Concept of Controller, Joint Controller, Processor, and Administrative Fines

Advocate General released an opinion on the concepts of “controller”, “joint controller” and “processor”, and also liability system established by the GDPR.

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May 17, 2023

Italian DPA Fines Digital Marketing Company Over Use of Dark Patterns

Italian DPA fined a marketing agency for use of ‘dark patterns’ on their website.

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May 17, 2023

Clearview AI data use deemed illegal in Austria

Clearview AI must cease processing any biometric data belonging to the complainant and delete any of their existing profiles in its searchable database.

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May 11, 2023

Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders

Clearview AI has incurred yet another fine for its noncompliance with the GDPR in France.

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May 9, 2023

CJEU’s Advocate General Issues Opinion on GDPR Fines Against Companies

The Advocate General delivered opinion concerning the conditions regarding fines under the GDPR.

April 14, 2023

CNIL issues €125,000 Fine Against E-Scooter Rental Company

CNIL fined e-scooter rental company Cityscoot €125,000 for failing to comply with EU and French data protection regulations.

April 11, 2023

TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data

The data regulator slammed TikTok for their failure to adequately verify the ages of those using their platform.

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March 28, 2023

Courts Side With Big Companies Including Amazon and Experian in Privacy Appeals

This string of victories will surely embolden other companies to challenge their own GDPR violations.

January 30, 2023

French DPA fines app developer VOODOO 3 million euros

CNIL fined app developer VOODOO 3 million euros for unlawfully tracking users’ activity without their consent.

January 22, 2023

Meta avoideda €4BN GDPR fine over unlawful ads, says noyb

noyb is not satisfied with the €390 million privacy fine for Meta, sdays it had to be 4 billion euros.

January 20, 2023

Meta fined €5.5m over WhatsApp data handling

This is the latest fine issued against Meta services including WhatsApp in recent years over data collection practices.

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sanctions

Clearview fined again in France for failing to comply with privacy orders

TikTok fined £12.7m for misusing children’s data

French DPA fines app developer VOODOO 3 million euros

Meta fined €5.5m over WhatsApp data handling

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