In September 2021 an investigation was started by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), as Lead Supervisory Authority, to verify TikTok’s compliance with GDPR obligations in terms of: verification of age requirements for users under 13 or 18 years [...]
The French social media app BeReal promises its audience a daily dose of real life. Users are encouraged to “BeReal” by sharing daily selfies with their followers. To that end, every day at a random time, users receive a notification inviting them to [...]
LinkedIn Ireland has been fined 310 million euros by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaching several key provisions of the GDPR. The DPC issued this fine following a two-year investigation, which began in 2021. In particular, the investigation focused on LinkedIn's processing of per [...]
An exciting case was decided in Oslo at the beginning of September. In July, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority Datatilsynet had banned Meta Ireland and Facebook Norway (hereinafter referred to as Meta) from displaying personalised advertising via [...]
It is by far not the first time that Meta and its platforms had to face scrutiny in terms of their privacy policy. This time around, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) sanctioned WhatsApp with a fine of 5.5 million Euros due to the lack of a legitimate [...]
In a remarkable development that has sent shockwaves across the digital domain, Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a €1.2 billion fine to conclude its long-term investigation into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited - formerly Facebook Ireland – over its [...]
The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) has condemned Facebook Inc. to the payment of a sanction of 1,200,000 Euros for the existence of two serious and one very serious infringements of Data Protection Law. According to the Agency, Facebook treats [...]
€ 150 Million fine to Facebook by French Data Protection Authority Last week, the French Data Protection Authority (DPA) has condemned Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland to the payment of a € 150 million fine. The sanction is part of a joint investiga [...]
