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German Facebook case forwarded to ECJ with questions pending

Facebook case forwarded to ECJ after Facebook appealed German competition authority’s order to halt data collection practices.    In recent times, Facebook has come under fire for its data collection practices, which span several integrated platforms. The company has been accused of ‘superprofiling’, and has been in court with German authorities regarding a pro-privacy order,
April 7, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Spanish court rules against mandatory geolocation from employees’ personal mobile phones

Spanish court rules against obliging delivery drivers to provide geolocation from their personal mobile phones and personal internet connection.   The Social Chamber of the Supreme Court in Spain has confirmed a decision nullifying Telepizza SAU’s ‘Tracker Project.’ This project included mandatory employee location tracking for delivery drivers, facilitated through their personal phones’ geolocation feature,
March 31, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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EDPB published VVA guidelines in the context of the GDPR

The EDPB published VVA guidelines giving context to the use of Virtual Voice Assistants in compliance with the GDPR.    Recently, the EDPB published its guidelines for the use of virtual voice assistants. A virtual voice assistant (VVA) is a system that understands and executes voice commands and works with other IT systems if needed.
March 26, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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French court ruling provides greater context to the application of “Schrems II” under the GDPR

French court ruling provides further guidance as to the application of “Schrems II”, as data hosted by subsidiary of US company is found to be protected.    France’s highest administrative court ruled earlier this month that the hosting of a booking platform for COVID-19 vaccinations on Amazon Web Service, also known as AWS, was indeed
March 24, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Children’s Code transitionary period ends in less than 6 months

The children’s code transitionary period, which saw its inception on 2nd September 2020, ends in less than 6 months. All online services are expected to be in compliance with this code by September 2021.  Last year, we reported that the Children’s Code, then known as the Age Appropriate Design Code was about to come into
March 17, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Two companies fined by the ICO, for sending millions of nuisance text messages during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ICO has issued fines to two companies for over 2.7 million spam messages sent out during the pandemic.    Between May and July, 2020, two companies sent out a total of 2.7 million spam text messages in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic. This resulted in several thousand complaints, including a record 10,000
March 12, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Data transfers to the UK: European Commission launches process for two adequacy decisions

Last month, the European Commission launched the process for two adequacy decisions for data transfers to the UK – one under the GDPR and one under the Law Enforcement Directive.    The European Commission recently published two draft adequacy decisions for data transfers to the UK. One of those is under the GDPR and the
March 10, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Privacy and ethical concerns of social media

Privacy and ethical concerns have become more relevant in social media due to the prevalence of “explore”, “discover” or “for you” tabs and pages.   “Discover” pages on social media deliver content that the app thinks that the user would likely be interested in. This is based on several factors including user interactions, video information,
March 8, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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Fine imposed by AEPD for GDPR violations

A 6 million euro fine was recently imposed on CAIXABANK by AEPD, the Spanish DPA for various breaches of the GDPR.   Late last month, the EDPB reported on a fine imposed by AEPD on Spanish multinational financial services company CAIXABANK, for GDPR violations. It was found that the company unlawfully processed clients’ personal data
March 3, 2021 Comments (0) Share
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French DPA provides GDPR recommendations regarding chatbots

CNIL of France has provided GDPR recommendations regarding chatbots and insights on the implications of their use.    Chatbots are a fairly common feature on websites today, providing users with an experience of having frequently asked questions answered quickly and easily, and providing other useful information in an interactive way. Personal data is typically processed
February 24, 2021 Comments (0) Share