Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Data protection authority.
France's tech minister admits that the chatbot violates the GDPR, but still opposes a ban such as Italy has imposed. France's Digital Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said he thinks OpenAI's ChatGPT doesn't respect the EU's privacy laws, but nonetheless argued against banning it, according to a report... Read more
1 year ago
The Irish privacy watchdog has had Facebook in its sights for over a year, and a decision looms. A new Data Privacy Framework (DPF) designed to facilitate the safe transfer of EU citizens' personal data to the US may come into effect too late to save Facebook from a suspension of its transatlan... Read more
1 year ago
Ireland's data protection authority slapped WhatsApp with a €5.5 million fine. The Meta subsidiary is accused of illegally processing personal data. Earlier this month, Meta was fined €390 million for years of GDPR violations. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) ruled that Meta used a... Read more
1 year ago
Ireland's data protection authority fined Meta €390 million for illegal data processing in personalized ads on Instagram and Facebook. The verdict puts the tech giant's ad revenue at risk. Meta's European headquarters are located in Ireland. The Irish data protection authority oversees the org... Read more
1 year ago
A working group of German data protection regulators has determined that Microsoft 365 cannot comply with the GDPR without additional technical measures. The Microsoft 365 package cannot be used by companies, authorities and schools in a legally compliant manner, at least not without additional... Read more
1 year ago
Meta received a €265 million fine from the Irish Data Protection Commission. According to the regulator, the tech giant took insufficient measures to prevent a data breach between 2018 and 2019. The personal data of more than 500 million Facebook users ended up on the street. The data was pub... Read more
1 year ago
Aside from facial recognition, the prohibition extends to infrared 'super glasses' used for reading license plates at night. This week, Italy banned the use of facial recognition and 'smart glasses' for night vision, according to a report in Reuters. The Italian Data Protection Agency issued off... Read more
1 year ago
The Dutch government will be allowed to store sensitive data in commercial public cloud environments. Government entities will also be allowed to use cloud-based services provided by major providers. Alexandra van Huffelen, State Secretary for Digitalization, shared the news in a letter to the Hous... Read more
2 years ago
Facebook and Instagram are staying online for the foreseeable future. The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPA) wants to tighten the reins on Meta, but not every member state supports its case. Ireland's DPA proposed a ban on intercontinental data transfers from Meta in July, threatening to remo... Read more
2 years ago
The Danish privacy authority prohibits the use of Google Workspace in the city of Helsingør (Elsinore). According to the privacy authority, the ban applies to any local government that uses Workspace under an illegal data processing agreement (DPA). Google Workspace consists of tools such as ... Read more
2 years ago
