TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Grindr’s privacy fine in focus Norway’s data protection authority has handed Grindr, the world’s largest social networking app for LGBTQ people, an over 6 mln euro privacy fine for disclosure of user data to third parties behavioural ads without a legal basis. The offenses […]
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Weekly digest November 22 – 28, 2021 “Privacy, DP, and Compliance news in focus”
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes and redress The EU Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee has adopted its position on the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The document sets not-to-do rules for companies with “gatekeeper” status and significant market capitalization in the EU, (online intermediation services, social […]
Weekly digest November 1 – 7, 2021 “Privacy, DP, and Compliance news in focus”
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes China’s Personal Information Protection Law, PIPL, came into effect on November 1. It largely blends the EU (GDPR) and California (CCPA) privacy rules for the handling of personal and sensitive information, including different legal bases, as well as general principles for data processors, […]
Weekly digest October 25 – 31, 2021 “Privacy, DP, and Compliance news in focus”
TechGDPR’s review of international data-related stories from press and analytical reports. Legal processes and redress The Administrative Court of Dusseldorf clarified a non-retroactive applicability of the GDPR. In 2016, charges were brought against the plaintiff, a decades-long civil servant for the police and secret services, for tax evasion followed by an alleged disclosure by the […]
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