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Privacy campaigners rally against "illegal" Clearview AI data scraping
News The notorious facial recognition firm claims to have a database of more than three billion images scraped from social media sites
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GDPR turns three: The biggest fines so far
News More than 600 fines have been issued under the EU's data protection regulation since it came into force in 2018
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Germany bans Facebook from using WhatsApp data over GDPR concerns
News Hamburg's data protection commissioner issues three-month ban days before the app's new privacy policy rolls out
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UK devising EU-alternative mechanism for global data sharing
News The mechanism will replace the soon-to-be invalid EU standard contractual clauses
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EU proposes strict regulations to curb AI misuse
News The draft regulations call for the use of systems that allow ‘social scoring' by governments to be banned
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Facebook faces 'mass action' lawsuit over data breach
News Digital Rights Ireland is urging European Facebook users who have been affected to sign up
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Irish data watchdog to investigate Facebook data leak
News The regulator believes that Facebook may have infringed ‘one or more’ GDPR provisions following apparent leak of 533 million user records
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ePrivacy Regulation: What is it and how does it affect me?
In-depth We look at the new rules designed to maintain user privacy in the digital age
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What is the Data Protection Act 1998?
In-depth Although data protection regulations have been updated, businesses may still find themselves sanctioned under the Data Protection Act 1998
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Google accused of “illegally” tracking Android users
News The AAID is unique to all Android devices and can be shared with third parties for more effective targeted advertising
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Vodafone Spain fined £7 million for repeated GDPR breaches
News The firm had either been warned or fined smaller amounts on at least 50 occasions between January 2018 and February 2020
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UK seeks divergence from GDPR to 'fuel growth'
News Experts warn that deviating too much from the EU's regime would jeopardise the UK’s fragile data adequacy status
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