Over recent months, data protection authorities have issued rulings that expose common failings in the handling of data subject rights requests (DSRs). While these were isolated complaints, the supervisory authorities found that the organisations involved [...]
Over the past few months, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has issued a series of enforcement actions that underscore a recurring regulatory concern: data breaches that, in the ICO’s view, were not merely accidental but the result of organisations [...]
Telemarketing activities and aggressive practices against the consumers are again in the spotlight of the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante), that imposed the highest fine ever on the Italian electricity provider Enel Energia. It is unfortunately [...]
In April 2023 the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has fined the famous fashion brand Benetton with 240,000 Euros for violations of the GDPR related to marketing practices involving consumer data. The [...]
In the realm of data protection, identity verification plays a crucial role in safeguarding personal information. In this article, we explore a recent incident involving Vodafone España, shedding light on the significance of strong identity verification [...]
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 [...]
More than four years after the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) came into force, companies and organizations that process personal data inside and outside the EU have come to realize the benefits that a privacy-friendly business management [...]
On October 14, 2019, the German Conference of Data Protection Authorities (DSK) published a concept for determining fines in accordance with the GDPR. In some regards, this concept resembles the model of the Berlin Data Protection Authority which was [...]
