Data protection authorities in Europe are gaining confidence and competence, which is reflected in the statistics of penalties for violators. This year, Ireland imposed a record fine on Facebook, and for GDPR violations, businesses and
Commissioner Helen Dixon will have an active week with her office’s first potential big tech fine under GDPR and a showdown against Facebook in the High Court. Ireland’s data protection regulator is set to announce
Cork hospital fined €65k after patients’ personal data found in public recycling facility The Data Protection Commission (DPC) has handed down a €65,000 fine to Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) after the personal data of
The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined British Airways (BA) £20m for failing to protect the personal and financial details of more than 400,000 of its customers. An ICO investigation found the airline was processing
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has fined Morgan Stanley $60 million for the investment bank’s failure to properly oversee the decommissioning of several data centers, putting customer data at risk of exposure. When Morgan
Due to several hundred employees of the H&M service centre in Nuremberg were monitored by the centre management, the Hamburg representative for data protection and freedom of information (HmbBfDI) has issued a fine of 35,258,707.95
On Thursday in the Northern District of California, Brittany Conditi filed a class-action complaint against Instagram and its parent company Facebook for invasion of privacy alleging that Instagram accessed users’ smartphone cameras when not using features that
Businesses operating within the European Union have been hit with a total of €68 million (£61.5m) in fines relating to GDPR breaches so far in 2020. Over €45 million of that came from Italian-owned companies,
The referendum campaign Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance Group were announced to receive GDPR fines for a total of £120,000. This decision was presented by ICO due to unlawful electronic marketing actions. Furthermore, companies are being investigated on
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