Tag: GDPR
Four years after GDPR, DPOs still lack resources
Appeared in 2018 with the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Data Protection Officer (DPD, or DPO in English) now plays a central role in…
GDPR: 390 million euros in fines for Meta, 8 million for Apple
The EU condemns Facebook’s parent company for misusing its processing of personal data for advertising purposes, and for imposing advertising trackers. The Meta group, the parent company of Facebook, was…
GDPR: the CNIL again fines Free
Free is a repeat offender in the eyes of the CNIL. After being fined 300,000 euros last January for its mobile telephony activity (Free Mobile), the telecom operator was fined…
The Camaïeu customer file offered for auction: what does the GDPR say?
Camaïeu’s customer file, in compulsory liquidation, was mentioned in an auction. This raises the question of the legality of this type of transfer, vis-à-vis the GDPR. This is a message…
The CNIL fines Discord €800,000 for non-compliance with the GDPR
For Discord, the ax has fallen. The CNIL, the National Commission for Computing and Liberties, has decided to impose a fine of €800,000 on the VoIP service. In question, breaches…
GDPR: Instagram fined 405 million euros for failure to secure data
An essential social network of our time, Instagram is also guilty of not having sufficiently secured the data of some of its users, judges the Irish personal data policeman. Bad…
GDPR: Accor subject to a fine of 600,000 euros
The CNIL imposed a fine of 600,000 euros against Accor. The French hotel group is accused of having carried out “commercial prospecting without the consent of the persons concerned” and…
GDPR: Criteo suspended following the decision of the CNIL
Criteo could be fined 60 million euros as part of an investigation opened by the CNIL against the French adtech giant for several years. This is a preliminary ruling issued…
ZD Tech: All about the GDPR in less than 3 minutes!
All about GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in less than 3 minutes! ZDNet’s editorial staff offers you this summer thematic playlists of ZD Tech, the editorial staff’s podcast. The opportunity…
TikTok delays updating its privacy policy in Europe following GDPR breach complaint
Mathilde Rochefort July 13, 2022 at 11:45 a.m. 1 © Solen Feyissa / Unsplash This Tuesday, July 12, TikTok announced the suspension of an update in Europe allowing the targeting…
How PostgreSQL Anonymizer helps businesses comply with GDPR
PostgreSQL is an open source database management system, considered today as one of the most credible alternatives to Oracle Database. The PostgreSQL world is teeming, even daunting, with its multitude…
GDPR: the CNIL gives formal notice to 22 municipalities and urges them to have a DPO
Alexander Boero May 31, 2022 at 4:50 p.m. 0 © Shutterstock.com The CNIL asks 22 French municipalities to appoint a data protection officer (DPO), mandatory for all local authorities. From…