The Irish data protection authority faced strong criticism fin the past for failing to apply GDPR sanctions to Big Tech. Let’s consider that the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) supervises most big U.S. and Chinese tech firms. The lack of action by the authority becomes a significant issue. However, with this new decision, the Irish...
The Irish DPC issued a record fine of euros 405 million against Instagram. The fine was levied as a result of an investigation into the Social Media handling of children’s data. Read more on Reuters
The EDPB has published its Art. 65(1)(a) binding decision on the dispute between the CNIL (French DPA) as the lead supervisory authority, and the UODO (the Polish DPA) as another supervisory authority on the same case, with regard to the amount of the fine against ACCOR SA. In particular, the fine was issued for violation...
The Agencia espanola de proteccion de datos (AEPD) has published an assessment on the use of biometric data from a privacy perspective. The DPA underlines that biometric data operations will have a different degree of intrusiveness and impact on the privacy of individuals depending on the technique used and other factors, therefore the impact assessment...
Following others, also the Italian DPA (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) came to the conclusion that Google Analytics do not offer the safeguards set out in the GDPR and the transfer of data to the US is illegit as the US legislation does not currently offer adequate data protection. In its release, the...
The Danish DPA appreciates the efforts of the European Commission to secure an agreement with the United States on a plan that allows the flow of personal data across the Atlantic, yet they currently stand as a simple draft framework agreement. The draft is not yet concrete enough to make a difference to firms that...
Employee video monitoring in the workplace has been the subject of recommendations from Datatilsynet, Norway’s authority on data privacy and protection. There must be compliance with EU GDPR and Working Environment Act regulations before cameras can be put in place, according to the regulators. Standards for recording disclosure, storage, and security are laid out in...
Giorgio Jackson, the next Secretary General of the Chilean Presidency (Chile recently had elections that changed the governing majority), in a public address stated that the new Executive will prioritize the constitutional reform to make the right to privacy a constitutional right, and will also expedite the adoption of the new privacy law and the...
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