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600,000 euro fine: Belgian DPA fines Google Belgium for not respecting the right to be forgotten
The Belgian Data Protection Authority fined Google Belgium 600,000 euros for failing to respect a citizen's right to be forgotten after Google...
Spanish DPA imposes a 25.000 EUR fine for not appointing a DPO and not notifying the DPA on time
DPO Alert! Spanish DPA imposes a 25.000 EUR fine on company for not appointing a DPO and not making the necessary notification to the DPA on time!...
Court fines Dutch Data Protection Authority for not taking an enforcement decision within the legal deadline
On 24 March 2017, the plaintiff filed an enforcement request with the Dutch DPA asking that the collection and processing of medical and special...
Record of processing activities for companies based outside the EU- video
If you're a company based outside the EU but you fall under the scope of the GDPR you will most likely need to have a record of processing...
Impacts du RGPD pour les sociétés hors UE
Saviez-vous que le Règlement Général sur la Protection des Données s’applique également aux sociétés étrangères à l’UE si elles offrent des produits...
GDPR and US companies: Up close with a Privacy Shield official
On Tuesday 26 May, EDPO hosted an exclusive webinar on GDPR and US companies with a Privacy Shield official. Rochelle Osei-Tutu shared her insights...
DPO and conflict of interest: the Belgian DPA issues a 50,000 EUR fine
On 28 April 2020, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (“DPA”), fined a Belgian company 50,000 EUR for breach of article 38 (6) of the GDPR. The...
Your Quick Guide to GDPR Fines and Sanctions
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is novel not just because of the sweeping nature of the regulation. It's also one of the first...
GDPR and Brexit: How Data Protection Will Be Impacted
Brexit will change almost every core function for UK companies that do business with the EU: from trade to regulation, hiring and transport, there's...
What Is the GDPR and When Do You Need a GDPR Representative?
In 2018, the European Commission introduced the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). It shook the world because it applied both to European...
Privacy Shield companies and Brexit
When the “General Data Protection Regulation” (the “GDPR”) took effect on 25 May 2018, it applied in all EU Member States, including the UK....
Will complying with India’s privacy law…
"Although deviations do exist among key privacy principles, such as the PDPB's (Personal Data Protection Bill) data localization requirement, a...
The challenge of adequacy with Brazil’s General Data Protection Law
"Compliance with the Brazilian General Data Protection Law has proven to be an essential and complex challenge for organizations. The lack of a...
Personal Data Leaked To Gambling Companies
"Despite the new customer identity verification rules introduced by the UK Gambling Commission, effective May 7, 2019 as part of their three-year...
Europe’s privacy overhaul has led to $126 million in fines
The EU’s GDPR privacy law led to over 160,000 data breach notifications, according to law firm DLA Piper. The biggest penalty under GDPR to date was...