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June 14, 2023

Spotify fined € 5 Million for GDPR violation

The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposed a hefty fine of €5 Million on Spotify due to their failure to GDPR non-compliance.

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February 10, 2023

CJEU: Right of Access Allows Data Subjects to Request the Identity of Each Data Recipient

CJEU ruled that under GDPR an individual has the right to request the identity of each entity to whom the data controller has disclosed their personal data.

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January 29, 2023

EU To Introduce New Rules On Political Ads

The European Parliament is toughening rules on political advertising, aiming to making elections more transparent and less vulnerable to interference.

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December 12, 2022

Italy’s privacy watchdog fines COVID lockdown-era party app

Regulator finds ‘numerous violations’ of the GDPR.

April 27, 2022

Android’s app store privacy section starts rolling out today

Users will start seeing information about what data apps collect and why.

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December 5, 2021

How Big Tech turns privacy laws into privacy theater.

Companies like to tell us that they “care” about our privacy or that our “privacy is important” to them, but the truth is different.

November 29, 2021

WhatsApp privacy policy tweaked in Europe after record fine

WhatsApp is rewriting policies to comply with regulator demands after being issued an enormous fine.

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November 28, 2021

Italy’s antitrust regulator fines Google, Apple over data use

Italy’s antitrust regulator has fined Alphabet’s Google and iPhone maker Apple 10 million euros ($11.2 million) each for “aggressive practices” linked to the commercial use of user data.

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November 25, 2021

“Black box” Amazon: algorithm discriminates customers

Another complaint against Amazon Europe: a customer made an access request to find out why he was denied certain payment options; he did not receive a reply.

October 5, 2021

Is Apple’s App Tracking Transparency Effective? No, Says Study

The latest tech news about the world’s best (and worst) hardware, apps, games and Product Reviews much more. From top companies like Google and Apple.

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August 8, 2021

Austrian Data Protection Authority Fines Loyalty Program Operator €2,000,000

‘Unser Ö-Bonus Club GmbH,’ a Vienna-based company that operates a multi-partner loyalty program, got a fine of 2,000,000 EUR from the Austrian Data Protection Authority (Datenschutzbehörde) over multiple violations of the GDPR

August 8, 2021

Do privacy “nutrition” labels stop us from eating the burger?

Google will require its app developers share information about what data their apps collect and for what purpose.

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