Tag: GDPR
EU: Commission could have a Facebook decision for privacy cases
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has the power to levy billions of euros in fines and...
EU: EC refers Spain and Greece to court over data law
The European Commission decided Thursday, July 25, to refer Greece and Spain to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to transpose...
EU: Vestager closes in on Amazon investigation
The European Commission is nearing a decision on its investigation into Amazon, with the European Union competition chief saying over the weekend that the...
UK: Drivers File GDPR Lawsuit Against Uber
Four UK Uber drivers are filing a lawsuit against the company for alleged violations of EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) law, according to...
EU: Google GDPR complaint suggests personal data misuse
A General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) complaint shows that Google may have misused people’s personal data and categorized them in highly sensitive ways, according...
France: Google hit with US$57M GDPR fine
France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google €50 million (US$57 million), the first penalty for a US tech giant under new European data privacy...
Global: Regulators Ask EU For GDPR Exemptions
Regulators from North America, Great Britain and Asia have requested a formal exemption from the European Union’s new data privacy law that they said...
EU: Facebook, Google get hit with GDPR suits totaling US$8.8b
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is newly on the books in the European Union, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook and Google from being...
EU: Mammoth new data-protection law comes into effect
Global Data Protection Rules (GDPR) will be applicable in Europe from May 25, 2018, and businesses, if not compliant, will see hefty penalties.
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