Ireland’s decision about Facebook sparks argument about limits of GDPR
EU officials are getting ready to fight regarding how much control companies should have over the processing of personal data after a decision targeting Facebook came out of Ireland’s privacy regulator, triggering pushback from campaigners.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said last week...
WhatsApp fined a record 225 million euros over 2018 privacy issue
Facebook's WhatsApp was fined a record $266 million by the Irish data protection regulator on Thursday after pressure from the EU privacy watchdog to raise the penalty for the company's breaches.
WhatsApp said the fine was too high and that it would appeal. The Irish fine is significantly less t...
EU watchdog: WhatsApp privacy case must be decided in a month
The European Union's privacy watchdog, EDPB, gave the Irish data protection agency a month to decide a long-delayed case on compliance by WhatsApp. The other agencies rejected the Irish watchdog's draft findings and fines, prompting the ultimatum on Wednesday.
The Irish agency, which leads overs...
Data sharing allowed between the EU and UK as deadline approaches
The European Union has agreed that the standards used by the UK for the protection of personal data are sufficient to allow information to flow between the bloc and its former member. The news was announced by the European Commission on Monday.
The EU executive implemented two ‘adequacy’ dec...
EU States show consensus on UK data-sharing standards
The European Union member states agree that British standards for personal data protection are conducive to the free flow of information between the EU and Brexit.
The EU General Data Protection Regulation
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a newly introduced data protection law...
GDPR inquiry launched on the use of Azure and AWS in the bloc
EU's privacy regulator, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has started an inquiry into whether the bloc's leading institutions are protecting citizens' private data when using Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS clouds.
The EDPS has also opened a separate examination into whether the ...
Europe’s GDPR needs to be overhauled, says its chief architect
The woman who led the development of the wide-ranging law now says it badly needs rewriting.
Former EU justice chief Viviane Reding has called for a revision of Europe’s data protection regime, according to a report in POLITICO. Her calls for the legal overhaul come just three years after the...
European regulators approve CISPE Code of Conduct
The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), under which all European Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) fall, gave a favourable resolution on Thursday that said the CISPE Data Protection Code of Conduct complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The CISPE Code was submitted by t...
European Parlement votes for infringement procedure against Ireland
The European Parliament has voted in favour of a resolution calling on the European Commission to open an infringement procedure against Ireland. The procedure concerns the country’s failure to enforce the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
A landmark judicial ruling invalidated the EU...
Microsoft to set up separate European cloud
Microsoft is to set up a separate European branch of its cloud services exclusively for European companies and governments. All data will be stored on servers within European borders.
The new policy, called the EU Data Boundary Policy for the Microsoft Cloud, will apply to all major Microsoft cl...
Irish privacy watchdog starts investigation into Facebook incident
The Data Protection Commission (DPC) in Ireland will investigate the Facebook incident from earlier this month. In the the incident, data from more than half a billion users was posted online.
According to the privacy watchdog, one or more provisions of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 ...
Criticism of Irish privacy authority for slow GDPR action
Since the introduction of the GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission has been swamped with work to enforce the regulations. However, due to the abundance of cases to investigate, privacy authorities are said to be too slow to act on violations.
With many tech giants deciding to locate their ...