All GDPR articles – Page 15
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British Airways faces record-setting GDPR fine of $230 million
British Airways was hit Monday with the largest penalty to date under the EU’s GDPR, a £183.39m (U.S. $230 million) fine stemming from the compromised data of nearly 500,000 customers.
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French real estate company fined €400,000 for GDPR violations
France’s data watchdog CNIL levied a €400,000 (U.S. $453,000) fine on real estate services provider Sergic for failing to adequately protect the data of its Website’s users.
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EDPB adopts final Codes of Conduct guidelines
European data protection authorities met on June 4 to discuss guidelines for Codes of Conduct in relation to the General Data Protection Regulation.
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ArticleICO: U.K. companies can expect large GDPR fines soon
Year 1 under the General Data Protection Regulation saw no fines handed out in the United Kingdom. Year 2 could be a much different story,
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Article‘Context’ matters in AI decision making, says ICO
Transparency for all AI-generated decisions is not as important as context, according to new research from U.K. data regulator the Information Commissioner’s Office.
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ArticleOne year in, no fines yet from U.K. regulator on GDPR
A Freedom of Information Act request shows Britain’s data protection watchdog has imposed just 29 financial penalties in the last year, none of which came under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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Ireland investigates Google over GDPR
The Irish Data Protection Commission is investigating whether Google’s online Ad Exchange violated General Data Protection Regulation provisions.
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ArticleHappy birthday, GDPR: A look back at Year 1
As the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation celebrates its first “birthday,” an expert panel met at Compliance Week 2019 to share their experiences in prepping, implementing, and following up.
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Facebook’s Zuckerberg supports U.S. version of GDPR
On his own company blog, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg voiced his support for implementing a U.S. version of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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ArticleDutch DPA: Forcing users to agree to ‘cookies’ violates GDPR
The Dutch Data Protection Authority says giving visitors access to websites only if they agree to their internet browsing activities being tracked by so-called “cookies” or other tracking software does not comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.
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ArticleFacebook: Can a data privacy dog really learn new tricks?
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook, wrote a long, detailed blog post on Wednesday to announce new data security and privacy initiatives. Has he seen the light, or is this yet another false promise from the social media giant?
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ArticleGDPR, Brexit keep compliance on its toes
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation and Britain’s upcoming divorce from the European Union both have a tremendous impact on European compliance, but strategizing solutions around either one has proven to be difficult due to a lack of guidance and, in the case of Brexit, just plain chaos.
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Article‘No-deal’ Brexit risks U.K. and EU data transfer problems
In the event of a ‘no-deal’ Brexit, EU data commissioners are warning of data transfer restrictions between the European Union and the United Kingdom, which will be treated as a third country.
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ArticleCompliance is feeling GDPR’s growing pains
Six months after its enactment, the EU’s data privacy regulation still hasn’t provided the clarity many were looking for … and it might not come for a while yet.
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ArticlePrivacy advocate Schrems foresees lax enforcement of GDPR
Speaking at the recent Compliance Week Europe conference in Amsterdam, leading privacy campaigner Max Schrems cast doubt on whether the newly enacted GDPR would have any teeth.
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ArticleSpecial report: Data privacy
International and domestic legislators and regulators threaten an end of the self-regulation of consumer data.
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ArticleCalifornia data privacy law creates complications beyond GDPR compliance
To consider California’s new Consumer Privacy Act a locally ported version of the EU’s GDPR regime may be understating the full scope of the newly enacted approach to data privacy.
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ArticleIt could get messy for U.S. companies doing business in EU
Don’t be surprised if the EU uses new data privacy laws to combat any secondary sanctions it might face by the Trump administration for continuing to do business in Iran.
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ArticleTaking a pull-the-plug approach to GDPR compliance
Given the two-year lead time, few would have guessed that the best way some organisations would comply with the European Union’s stringent new data rules would be to simply cut access to services.