(Last updated on March 11th 2024 to add: EU Commission’s GDPR infraction through the use of Microsoft 365 products; FTC on Avast; California’s AG vs. Doordash; AEPD stops Worldcoin; AEPD fines Glovo); TikTok ban; Gemini fiasco; Text-to-Video GenAI; IAB Europe‘s…
ePrivacy and regulatory updates Enforcement On September 15th, the Irish DPC announced a 345m EUR fine for TikTok, following prior consultation with the EDPB. The decision contained various findings concerning the use of the social media platform by children: Kids’…
ePrivacy and regulatory updates Enforcement Spotify received a 5m EUR fine for an insufficient Privacy Notice (which is directly connected with the GDPR’s transparency principle). According to the Swedish DPA, Spotify’s Privacy Policy “does not inform clearly enough about how…
Readings “How Website Tracking Technologies Are Transforming Risk Analysis Across Industries” by Lauren Winchester (Info Security Magazine). Here’s a different perspective of the challenge posed by certain “tracking” pixels in healthcare or highly-regulated industries. Whereas #GDPR-related cases have grabbed the…