Data scraping: French SA fines KASPR €200,000 January 2025 The French Supervisory Authority (CNIL) has fined KASPR €200,000 for a number of breaches and has ordered the company to cease collecting the data of persons who chose to limit the visibility of their contact details, and delete the data collected in this way. KASPR markets […]
July 2024 A global privacy sweep that examined more than 1,000 websites and mobile applications (apps) has found that nearly all of them employed one or more deceptive design patterns that made it difficult for users to make privacy-protective decisions. Deceptive design patterns use features that steer users towards options that may result in the […]
The elections of the European Parliament and the processing of personal data in the course of political campaigning: Here is what voters need to watch out for. In the run-up of the 2024 European Parliament elections, voters need to be aware of these key points that need to be respected when political parties and […]
Launch of Coordinated Enforcement Action on the Right of Access Date : 30 April 2024 The Information and Data Protection Commissioner (IDPC) is pleased to announce its participation in the European Data Protection Board’s 2024 Coordinated Enforcement Framework (CEF). 28 Supervisory Authorities (SAs) across the European Economic Area are taking part in this initiative […]
EDPB adopts the second Coordinated Enforcement Framework report on the Designation and Position of Data Protection Officers In October 2020, the EDPB decided to set up a Coordinated Enforcement Framework (‘CEF’) as a key action under the second pillar of its 2021-2023 Strategy. The aim of this action is to aim at streamlining enforcement […]
Cooperation Agreement signed between the IDPC and the National Privacy Commission of the Philippines The Commissioner firmly believes in the importance of developing international cooperation mechanisms with data protection counterparts in third countries primarily designed to share information and expertise on data protection practices. In the margins of the 45th Global Privacy Assembly held in […]
EU-US Data Privacy Framework On the 10th of July 2023, the European Commission adopted its adequacy decision on the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The adequacy decision was largely the result of safeguard issues that were raised in the 2020 Schrems II decision of the Court of Justice of the European Union. It ensures that data […]
EDPB adopts final version of Guidelines on facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement 17th May 2023 Following public consultation, the EDPB has adopted a final version of its Guidelines on facial recognition technology in the area of law enforcement. The guidelines provide guidance to EU and national lawmakers, as well as to […]
The IDPC has today launched an online form which will facilitate the process for applicants to lodge an FOI complaint against the decision of a public authority following a request for access to information made pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. The online form is accessible here. In addition, the IDPC has created a […]
EDPB Launches Data Protection Guide for Small Business 27th April 2023 The EDPB has launched a Data Protection Guide to help small business owners on their way to become more data protection compliant. The Guide aims to raise awareness about the GDPR and to provide practical information to SMEs about GDPR compliance in an […]