Emily O’Reilly, the EU Ombudsman, found that the European Commission’s monitoring of the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) handling of “big tech” cases, including cross border cases, is appropriate and represents good administration of DPA mandate. Read more on RTE here.
According to this article on Bloomberg, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is investigating Twitter for alleged violations of privacy of users and inadequate cybersecurity measures. The Commission has questioned former Twitter Chief Privacy Officer Damien Kieran and Chief Information Security Officer Lea Kissner whether Twitter, since its taking over by Elon Mask, has complied...
Forbes publishes an interesting article on why the use of consent-management platforms (CMPs) risk of being insufficient to ensure compliance with complex privacy regulations. Find the article here for a deep-dive in this thorough analysis which unveils the risk that data handling companies face all over the world.
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) published a press release announcing that Epic Games, Inc. will pay a $275 million penalty for alleging violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), change default privacy settings, and pay $245 million in refunds for tricking users into making unwanted charges. Continue reading the press release here.
On 18 November 2022, the Indian Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology published the ‘Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022’, along with an Explanatory Note and sought for feedback from public by the 17th of December 2022. The deadline is now extended to the 2nd of January 2023 following a push in that direction by...
The press release of the Slovenian Ministry of Justice announces that the Slovenian National Assembly, with 50 votes in favor and eight against, adopted the Personal Data Protection Act with which the government transposes the European General Data Protection Regulation into Slovenian legislation, and regulates the national peculiarities of personal data protection. Find the press...
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