A recent decision by the Austrian Data Protection Authority (DPA) has underlined the fact parent companies are ultimately responsible for how their subsidiaries manage people’s data, even if the offshoot entity operates entirely on its own. Austrian food retailer REWE International this month was fined 8
The GDPR came into force in May 2018 and the first fine was delivered in July 2018 for € 400,000. By May 2019, the first full year of enforcement, the collective DPAs had issued a total of 48 fines amounting to € 51,833,345. Some fines were
Non-compliant businesses, beware: analysts say that regulators are about to get much tougher with GDPR enforcement. It's been two and a half years since the EU started implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and despite a timid start, the new laws are now gathering pace
Ireland ranked sixth for total number of data breaches in the past year Fines imposed under the General Data Protection Regulation have increased by almost a half over the past year as European authorities flexed their regulatory muscles despite disruption caused by the pandemic. According to research by DLA
The GDPR, or General Data Protection and Regulation, is going into effect in May 2018 throughout the European Union (EU) and presents important legal changes and challenges for organizations and consumers alike. Interactions and relationships between customers and businesses are transforming; the GDPR shifts authority over
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada has filed a Notice of Application in the Federal Court seeking a declaration that Facebook has contravened Canada’s federal private sector privacy law. The application follows a joint investigation last year by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) and the
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