The Lower Saxony DPA announces sanction of EUR 10,4M for unlawful employee video monitoring
On 8 January 2021, the Lower Saxony DPA (“the DPA”) announced a fine of EUR 10,4M against a retailer…
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EDPS publishes a brief report on Personal Information Management Systems
On 6 January 2021, the Technology and Privacy Unit of the European Data Protection Supervisor ("EDPS…
The Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute publishes bulletin on its milestones of 2020
On 30 December 2020, the Spanish National Cybersecurity Institute ("INCIBE") published a bulletin on…
The British Surveillance Camera Commissioner releases guidance for police use of Live Facial Recognition
On 3 December 2020, the British Surveillance Camera Commissioner issued its best practice guidance o…
The Czech DPA fines 11 organizations approx. EUR 119,000 for unsolicited postal marketing
On 5 January 2021, the Czech DPA ("UOOU") announced that 11 organizations had been fined with approx…
The Norwegian DPA announces an approx. EUR 9,550 fine for unlawful credit assessments
On 6 January 2021, the Norwegian DPA ("Datatilsynet") announced its decision to fine a company in th…
The German Federal Network Agency announces a EUR 145,000 fine for unauthorized telephone advertising
On 4 January 2021, the German Federal Network Agency ("Bundesnetzagentur") announced imposing a EUR …
A new draft of the ePrivacy Regulation is now available
On 5 January 2021, the Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union released its new d…
EDPS discusses privacy engineering perspective in the context of COVID-19
On 4 January 2021, the European Data Protection Supervisor ("EDPS") published a blog post by their H…
Viennese Superior Court delivers its judgment against Facebook
On 29 December 2020, advocacy group NOYB announced the Viennese Superior Court has ruled that Facebo…
