Data Protection Archive
The path to compliance with data protection laws such as the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is strewn with potential pitfalls. From processing personal information without a valid lawful basis to failing to implement appropriate technical and organisational security controls, …
August seems to have been a relatively quiet month for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) fines: according to the GDPR Enforcement Tracker, there were 20 in August totalling €271,600, although, as ever, it’s worth noting that not all supervisory authorities …
The European Commission has revised its long-disputed data privacy framework that it hopes will simplify personal data transfers between the EU and the US. But guess what? Max Schrems isn’t happy. Schrems is a data privacy activist and the founder …
They don’t make the headlines as often as they used to, but fines for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) violations continue to roll in. There were 22 such penalties in July 2022, according to the GDPR Enforcement Tracker, bringing the …
Demonstrating GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance has just got a whole lot easier. This is thanks to Europrivacy, a certification scheme that helps organisations assess compliance of their data processing activities in relation to GDPR and European data protection …
The European Commission has proposed new rules to help supervisory authorities enforce the data protection regulation in cross-border cases. In its five-year history, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) has drastically altered the way organisations process and use personal data, …
The tech giant Criteo has received a €40 million fine after it was found to have breached data protection rules on targeted advertising. Criteo, which claims to have captured the identity and interest data of 72% of all Internet users, came under …
The EDPB (European Data Protection Board) has published guidelines on the process for resolving disputes under data protection law. It hopes its advice will “clarify the application of the relevant provisions of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)” while emphasising …
After Meta received a mammoth €1.2 billion penalty for data protection failures last month, we suggested that this could be a turning point for GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) enforcement. As we wrote, organisations have had time to embed the …
The timing could hardly have been better for the Irish DPC (Data Protection Commission) to announce that Meta was being fined €1.2 billion for a series of data protection failures. It came on the week that the GDPR (General Data …
