Here you will find all the articles with the tag: GDPR.
Meta can expect a daily fine of about €89,000 from Norway for privacy violations. The privacy watchdog's decision could potentially affect the rest of the EU. According to watchdog Datatilsynet, Norway does not allow the collection of data for targeted advertising. This refers, for example, to... Read more
9 months ago
A successor to Privacy Shield received official approval from the European Commission on Monday. This allows data on EU residents to be sent to the US again. Because the new framework better restrains the U.S. from requesting the data, lawmakers believe the deal will hold up. At a press confere... Read more
10 months ago
Security vendor Avast allegedly traded the data of millions of users globally with a number of free antivirus products. In the Netherlands, Privacy First and Stichting CUIC are taking Avast to court over the alleged privacy violations for over 5 million Dutch users. Worldwide, 435 million users ... Read more
10 months ago
Meta no longer has a legal basis to show its users personalized ads. This week, the European Union's Court of Justice ruled that the practices violate the GDPR. The ruling sets a precedent for more convictions on data collection by dominant players in the digital world On July 4, amid the celeb... Read more
10 months ago
The EU slaps Meta, Google and Microsoft with multi-million dollar fines. Takeovers by Big Tech companies are viewed with suspicion in both Europe and America. Despite all this friction, we see prominent figures like Sundar Pichai, Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerburg appearing at every turn in the admini... Read more
10 months ago
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) announced this week that it has issued three cease and desist orders to Swedish companies. The order is a result of complaints lodged by privacy rights group NOYB. Swedish authorities accused these firms of violating EU privacy laws and ordering... Read more
10 months ago
Cisco has announced that its proprietary Webex conferencing platform is now Level 3 Adherence compliant with the EU Cloud Code of Conduct. It has undergone an "independent third-party privacy assessment and audit" to achieve the Level 3 checkmark. The EU Cloud CoC is a comprehensive set of rules... Read more
10 months ago
Tuesday night, representatives of the European Council and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the EU Data Act. This is a new regulation setting "harmonised rules on fair access to and use of data". The long-awaited legislation sets rules for the safeguarding and sharing of d... Read more
10 months ago
Expert talks
Online banking. Netflix. Even car parking. Technology is an all-encompassing, unavoidable part of everyday life. We share our personal data with innumerable organisations on a daily basis. In fact, a 2022 ESG study on the strategic and evolving role of data governance found that on average approxim... Read more
10 months ago
Spotify has been slapped on the wrist by Swedisch authorities for violating GPDR regulations. The long-awaited decision highlights the challenges faced by European users in protecting their data. Privacy rights organisation noyb made the accusation over four years ago, which claimed that Spotify fa... Read more
11 months ago
