Irish DPC to cover € 2.9M of legal bill of EU-US data transfer case
DPC ordered to pick up most of the legal bill of EU-US data transfer case Today, the Irish High Court has ordered the DPC to cover the costs of Mr Schrems’ legal team in relation
Category: GDPR
ICO fines Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep customers’ personal data secure
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
Wizz Air: €1 for a flight, €35 for your GDPR right
Despite the free right to rectification under the GDPR, the airline charged € 35 in phone charges to update a surname. Updating name allegedly only possible in case of marriage. After changing her surname and
IAB Europe’s ad tracking consent framework found to fail GDPR standard
IAB Europe’s ad tracking consent framework found to fail GDPR standard A flagship framework for gathering Internet users’ consent for targeting with behavioral ads — which is designed by ad industry body, the IAB Europe
Instagram is under investigation over handling of children’s data
Instagram is being investigated by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) over its handling of children’s personal data on the platform. The social media app’s owner Facebook could face a large fine if Instagram is found
ICO fines British Airways £20m for data breach affecting more than 400,000 customers
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
Irish Data Protection Commission to receive €2 million extra funding
Irish Data Protection Commission has had a ten-fold increase in funding since 2014 Irish Data Protection Commission is getting more than €2 million extra budget in 2021, giving the digital privacy watchdog a ten-fold increase
German lawsuit accuses Amazon of breaking EU privacy law
The lawsuit takes issue with Amazon’s transatlantic data transfers Amazon faces a lawsuit in Germany over claims it has continued to transfer data to the United States using an invalidated transfer mechanism known as Privacy
Amazon’s spying on EU workers just tip of iceberg
Amazon has been caught snooping on the private Facebook groups of its EU-based delivery workers The revelations have been accumulating over the past weeks: the corporation led by the richest person in the world is
H&M gets 35.3M euros fine for records of private living conditions of employees
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
