Privacy & Compliance
There is a lot going on around privacy and compliance, especially in Europe. This in itself is a good thing, because data should be adequately protected, especially if it concerns personal data. In practice, however, it turns out to be quite disappointing how well organizations do this. We read and write a lot about data breaches. Over the years there seem to be more rather than fewer of them. Is that because organizations don’t want to do better or can’t do better? Whatever the reason, a good policy on privacy and compliance is indispensable in the current era. Especially with all kinds of new legislation that has been introduced and is coming, the need to put this high on the agenda is only increasing.
Timeline
German antitrust authority cites Google for data processing violation
Germany's antitrust regulator, the so-called Bundeskartellamt, announced that it has issued objections agains...
European Commission starts consultation on big tech network costs
The European Commission wants to question big tech and telcos on their investment and cloud infrastructure pl...
Facebook data-scraping breach attracts GDPR lawsuit
Facebook parent Meta is facing a legal challenge from digital rights group Digital Rights Ireland (DRI) over ...
European carriers form joint venture for ads based on digital IDs
Europe's largest telcos want to take the next step in commercializing digital identities. Four of Europe's la...
French regulator fines Apple over personalized ads
France's national data privacy agency (CNIL) has fined Apple a total of €8 million over allegations of inad...
Meta fined €390 million for data processing in personalized ads
Ireland's data protection authority fined Meta €390 million for illegal data processing in personalized ads...
Regulator accuses T-Mobile Poland of misleading advertising
Polish regulator UOKiK has accused T-Mobile Poland of misleading advertising related to free mobile data. The...
Ireland to look into Twitter’s data breach affecting 400M+ users
Ireland's privacy authority stated today that it would investigate a newly discovered data breach that might ...
Cybercriminals sell data of 400 million Twitter users
Cybercriminals are selling the public and private data of 400 million Twitter users on a hackers forum. They ...
Meta Platforms to pay $725 mln to settle Cambridge Analytica class action lawsuit
Meta Platforms, Facebook's parent company, has agreed to pay $725 million to settle a class-action lawsuit al...