The Belgian Data Protection Authority has decided on the role of the Data Protection Officer, and potential conflict of interest. Proximus SA has been fined €50,000 for appointing its Head of Compliance, Audit and Risk [...]
The Swedish DPA Datainspektionen issues a fine of €20 000 towards the Swedish National Government Service Centre for breaches towards the GDPR. The Swedish National Government Service Centre got aware of a security hole in the [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting everyone’s lives, and unfortunately its impact seems to extend to our lives and economies long after the virus itself has been put under control. In order to save lives, unburden [...]
Recording from the very popular webinar we held in collaboration with Arrow, IBM and DLA Piper. And yes, we did have a very good time. https://youtu.be/xu6iUprsKjU Privacy-related EU fines, background https://youtu.be/xu6iUprsKjU?t=172 Damages and activism, new [...]
Swedish DPA Datainspektion issues a fine of €6 980 000 towards Google for breach of the GDPR. Following a case from 2017, where Datainspektionen decided that certain personal data should be removed, they have now found that [...]
The Norwegian Data Protection Authority, Datatilsynet, issues a fine of €388 350 to the Norwegian Public Roads Administration. The fine is the highest in Norway and is targeting a public authority, without any data breach occurring. [...]
Many have reacted with surprise on the near absence of enforcements coming from Scandinavian DPAs since GDPR entered into effect May 2018. And for sure, compared to a relatively much higher activity level from southern [...]
Register here:https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4623219200604939021 By popular request we are happy to once again invite to a webinar together with leading data protection lawyers from DLA Piper. The webinar will be held the 5th of March between 10am [...]
The Italian telecom operator TIM has been fined €27 800 000 by the Italian DPA for breaches of the GDPR. Numerous and serious violations of the GDPR have emerged from the complex preliminary investigation, that was carried [...]
Forrester Consulting has evaluated the state of enterprises’ data privacy compliance in a shifting regulatory landscape. Through a survey of 218 global enterprise decision makers with responsibility over privacy or data protection, they sought to [...]
