There is still no new agreement for the exchange of data between organizations in the European Union and the United States, as a result of which organziations continue to violate the GDPR, according to privacy activist Max Schrems. After the European Court of Justice declared the Privacy Shield treaty invalid in 2020, new agreements are … Read more
The British privacy regulator ICO is considering imposing a fine of EUR 30 million on TikTok for possibly violating privacy legislation. Investigation by the ICO shows that the platform may not have protected the privacy of children and would therefore be in violation of UK data protection law. TikTok may have processed data from children … Read more
Danish organizations and companies are no longer allowed to use Google Analytics unless they take additional measures such as setting up a proxy, the Danish privacy regulator has ruled. In doing so, the Danish data protection authority follows other European privacy regulators, including those from Austria, Italy and France, who also prohibit the use of … Read more
The South-Korean watchdog fined Google and Meta for not having implemented legitimate consent in the process of collecting information from users who visit their websites and use other websites as well as apps for customized advertisements.