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EU grants the UK provisional ‘data adequacy’ status
News The UK criticises the EU for not already reaching this agreement prior to the formal Brexit withdrawal date
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Petition urges EU regulators to ban biometric mass surveillance
News Digital rights advocates say tools such as facial recognition bring 'internet-style omnipresent tracking to the offline world'
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TikTok under fire over potential GDPR violations
News The BEUC is urging the European Commission to urgently investigate the app's "unclear" data collection practices
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EU set to grant UK data adequacy status
News The agreement ensuring data flows continue will be reviewed every four years and may be subject to legal challenges
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Irish GDPR regulator lambasted for delaying critical IT works
News The DPC is aiming to finally complete works on its case management system by Q2 2021, five years after first proposing upgrade
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The IT Pro Podcast: Navigating Brexit data transfers
IT Pro Podcast The transition period is over – what happens now?
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Grindr hit with £8.6 million fine for GDPR consent breach
News The Norweigan data watchdog finds the LGBTQ+ dating app shared data with third-party advertisers without sufficient consent
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WhatsApp could face €50 million GDPR fine
News The messaging service failed to adequately inform users about how their data would be shared with Facebook
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IT retailer faces €10.4m GDPR fine for employee surveillance
News The German notebook seller has hit back, rejecting the fine and claiming it's being set up to be made an example of
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How to reclaim data from Google, Facebook, Apple post-GDPR
In-depth We reveal how the web's biggest data hoarders have responded to the new regulations and how you can take control of your privacy
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UK ranked second for value of GDPR fines issued in 2020
News The ICO, however, was one of the least active data regulators in Europe having collecting fines for three cases
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Facebook will move UK users' data to the US post-Brexit
News The move raises concerns as the US has much weaker data protection laws than across the EU
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