Pro European data economy continues upward trend despite GDPR concerns Market estimated to be worth €500bn 7 Apr
Pro European GDPR fines totalled approximately €1.2bn in 2025 TikTok fine of €530m the largest handed out by DPC last year 21 Jan
Blogs The rules you hate might save your business More than half of Irish companies lack dedicated compliance staff, yet cite regulation as their biggest burden. They're right to worry - but for the... 7 Nov
Trade More than half of businesses see GDPR as biggest compliance burden CRIFVision-Net survey sees regulators come in for criticism over lack of supports 4 Nov
Life Shein hit with €150m fine for illegal use of cookies in France Fast fashion giant to appeal GDPR sanction 8 Sep
Life Belgian court confirms system behind online ads violates European privacy law Big Tech slammed for personalised ad strategies 15 May
Life US TikTok sale deadline extended after China cuts off negotiations due to tarriffs Trump issues another reprieve after talks collapse 7 Apr
Life DPC forced to reinvestigate GDPR complaints by European court Ruling marks latest twist in set of three actions dating back to 2018 29 Jan
Life Pinterest faces privacy complaint in France over alleged GDPR violations The advocacy organisation is demanding that Pinterest erase all data collected for personalised ads and notify affected users 25 Oct
Trade Data Protection Commission fines LinkedIn €310m Social network hit over practice of ad targeting without consent 24 Oct
Life DPC fines Meta €91m over unencrypted passwords Fine issued after material found to be stored in plaintext 27 Sep
Life Data protection complaint filed against European Parliament Brussels deals with own GDPR violation 22 Aug
Life Meta halts AI features in EU due to privacy rules The tech giant pauses AI development in Europe over regulatory concerns 19 Jul
Pro Uber fined €10m for violating privacy rules Dutch regulators act on complaints by French drivers 31 Jan
Pro European data regulators work on unified approach to ‘pay or okay’ European Data Protection Board expected to take a position on the issue within eight weeks 26 Jan
Pro California’s vision of regulation through innovation The state has learned a few lessons from GDPR and has a few tricks of its own, Microsoft's Kieran McCorry tells Niall Kitson 24 Jan
Radio Samsung switches it up with the Galaxy S24 Under the hood of the phone that thinks it knows it all 19 Jan
Life TikTok hit with €345m fine over processing child user data Child protection at heart of sanctions against video sharing network 15 Sep
Life Meta faces €89,000 daily fine for harvesting user data to power ads Norwegian data protection authority’s ruling could set a precedent for other regulators 9 Aug
Life Gartner: EU-US Data Transfer Framework will be overturned within five years Analyst dubs adequacy ruling “Déjà EU” 11 Jul
Blogs DPC at odds with Europe on GDPR enforcement The data protection commission's move to conceal investigations bodes ill for all of us, says Billy MacInnes 6 Jul
Life New GDPR proposals address cross-border complaints Proposals to streamline complaints process across territories 5 Jul
Life Meta hit with record €1.2bn fine from Data Commissioner DPC finds US data transfer practices a breach of GDPR 22 May
Life Data Protection Commission fines surpass €1bn in 2022 DPC annual report shows Meta paid bulk of sanctions 7 Mar
Trade Data Protection Commission issued more than €1.6bn in fines in 2022 DLA Piper's Europe-wide survey revealed a 168% year-on-year increase in the total value of fines 17 Jan
Blogs Regulator complains of a lack of agency in GDPR enforcement Meta's latest GDPR loss has exposed a rift between the DPC and Europe, says Billy MacInnes 5 Jan
Blogs Meta fine includes a meta lesson for every business Facebook being hit with a €250m fine not only shows regulation has finally caught up with the internet, but that data really is the new oil, spills... 2 Dec
Life Data Protection Commission hits Meta with record €265m fine Facebook parent company hit with another hefty sanction 29 Nov
Radio Mazars’ Liam McKenna on standards in GDPR Ireland finally gets into the space race and next-level data protection 21 Oct
Pro EU watchdog fights against rules permitting Europol’s ‘unlawful’ data practices The pushback follows allegations that Europol was allowed to write its own rules when it came to handling sensitive data 23 Sep
Life Instagram slapped with €405m GDPR fine over breaches The social media platform becomes the third Meta-owned company to be hit with privacy penalty 6 Sep
Life EU inches closer to blocking Meta from sending personal data to US The decision could see the shut down of Instagram and Facebook on the continent 8 Jul
Life UK scraps parts of GDPR in Data Reform Bill The reforms include an overhaul to the Information Commissioner's Office and a watering-down of rules around consent for scientific research 17 Jun
Trade The cookie phase-out might precede an AdTech apocalypse With the industry phasing out third party cookies, what does this mean for businesses reliant on them to track and improve their campaigns? 23 May
Trade EU rules against Meta in data privacy row The European Court of Justice says consumer groups can take legal action over data privacy breaches 29 Apr
Life Google adds ‘reject all’ cookie buttons to appease EU regulators New banners will be applied to Search and YouTube in France before rolling out across Europe 22 Apr
Pro EU, US reach agreement on Privacy Shield replacement Privacy campaigner Max Schrems suggests the deal amounts to a "patchwork approach" that will ultimately fail 25 Mar
Pro Meta hit with €17m fine over multiple GDPR breaches The social media giant set aside over €1bn in November to help it cope with potential fines arising from data protection investigations 16 Mar
Life Ukraine given access to Clearview AI’s controversial facial recognition tech The tech will be used to recognise Russian soldiers, tackle misinformation, and identify the deceased 14 Mar
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