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04.01.2023

EUR 100,000 fine for unlawful monitoring of employee emails

The Italian data protection authority (“Garante”) has fined Lazio Region €100,000 following a complaint by the trade union FEDIRETS. The union complained about monitoring activities carried out by the Region…

04.01.2023

European Parliament, Council and Commission sign European declaration of digital rights and principles

The Presidents of the European Parliament, the Commission and the European Council signed the European Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles on 15 December 2022, as proposed by the Commission…

16.12.2022

Orange Espagne fined for unlawful processing of personal data

The Spanish data protection authority (AEPD) has fined Orange Espagne, S.A.U. €70,000 following a complaint. The complainant alleged that a third party entered into a contract with Orange Espagne without…

16.12.2022

Shopping centre fined DKK 350,000 for monitoring in toilets

The Danish supervisory authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Danske Shoppingcentre P/S DKK 350,000 (approximately PLN 223,259.50) for the unauthorised use of camera surveillance. The cantroller had installed CCTV in several public…

25.11.2022

Draft law on personal data protection forwarded to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine

The draft law provides grounds for the processing of personal data, including biometric data, processing related to the implementation of video surveillance and the processing of personal data of deceased…

25.11.2022

Hungarian supervisory authority imposes HUF 80 million fine for unlawful data processing

Hungary’s National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH) imposed an administrative fine of HUF 80 million (approximately EUR 195,000), for violations of Articles 5, 6, 12 and…

29.09.2022

Nitori has identified a data breach that may affect around 130,000 customers

Japan-based Nitori Holdings Co, Ltd has confirmed that an unauthorised person may have accessed the data of approximately 130,000 customers. The compromised personal data includes, but is not limited to,…

29.09.2022

£27m fine threatens TikTok for failing to protect children’s privacy

The UK’s supervisory authority (ICO) has announced that it intends to fine TikTok Inc and TikTok Information Technologies UK Limited for failing to protect children’s privacy. Following an investigation, the…

15.09.2022

Debt Management Company fined €20,000 for unlawful processing of personal data

Greece’s data protection supervisory authority (HDPA) has fined a debt management company, following a complaint from a data subject. The complaint concerned continuous telephone calls to a debtor who had…

15.09.2022

Careful with profiling

The Lower Saxony data protection authority (LfD Niedersachsen) is conducting an inspection at a bank testing pilot data processing processes. In its press release, the authority warns other banks against…

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