The Hellenic Data Protection Authority has fined PriceWaterhouseCoopers Business Solutions SA 150,000.00 € for unlawful processing of employee data, after the Authority had conducted an ex officio investigation in response to a complaint. The Authority [...]
The data protection authority (DPA) of the German federal state of Hamburg recently opened administrative proceedings against Google. It relates to Google’s “Google Assistant” System, the natural language assistant behind the “Google Home” speaker, and tra [...]
The Spanish Association of Football Clubs, "La Liga" has been the first organization to receive an exemplary fine for non-compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Spain. The mobile application, subject to the complaint and subsequent [...]
The Finnish data protection authority (the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman) has recently published its annual reports on May 17th 2019.[1] This short article summarizes the most interesting fact regarding the English summary report. Major Foc [...]
Whether or not the United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) can agree on an exit deal, the UK will be leaving the EU come March 30, 2019. Although the UK plans to incorporate the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) into national law there [...]
The Dutch data protection authority on 7th March 2019 issued an opinion[1] on the use of so called “Cookiewalls”, deeming such practice as unlawful in light of the GDPR and announcing intensified audits in regards to the right implementation of cookie [...]
The Barreiro Hospital in Portugal was fined 400,000 € by the Portuguese Data Protection Authority CNPD (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados) for incompliancy with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by not separating access rights to patents’ [...]
At the beginning of August 2018, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) issued a fine of £ 140.000 To “Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) ” Ltd or “LCMB”, also known as “Emma´s Diary” for the illegal collection and sale of personal data of more that [...]
