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May 31, 2022

Belgian Supervisory Authority Sanctions News Media Company for Violating Cookie Rules

The GBA found that in the case of the news media company not all elements of valid consent were present.

May 30, 2022

Meta faces large fine for breaching children’s privacy on Instagram service

Meta Platforms is facing a potentially large fine from DPC for breaches of children’s data rights.

May 24, 2022

UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection

Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.

May 18, 2022

Spain fines Google 10 million Euro

AEPD fined Google LLC 10 million euros for two GDPR breaches: illegal transfer of data to 3rd parties and hindering the data subject’s right of data deletion.

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May 2, 2022

Dedalus Biologie fined 1.5 million euros for health data breach

CNIL imposed an administrative fine of 1.5 million euros on DEDALUS BIOLOGIE or health data breach.

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April 19, 2022

Dutch DPA fines the tax authorities €3.7 million

The Dutch DPA fined the tax authorities €3.7 million because of the years of illegal processing of personal data in the blacklist.

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April 18, 2022

Spanish DPA imposes a 900,000€ fine for mobile phone sim card swap

AEPD imposed a 900,000€ fine on Telefónica Móviles España for a loss of confidentiality related to SIM Swapping.

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April 18, 2022

Record GDPR fine by the Hungarian Data Protection Authority for the unlawful use of AI

The Hungarian Data Protection Authority has imposed the highest fine to date of ca. EUR 670,000 (HUF 250 million) for he unlawful use of AI.

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April 12, 2022

Data Protection Authorities Propose GDPR Fines for Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank

Data Protection Authorities in Ireland and Denmark have proposed sizeable financial penalties for Bank of Ireland and Danske Bank for violations of the GDPR.