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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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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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