ICO public sector trial at an end
Claire Saunders
July 22, 2024
The ICO has confirmed the trial period in which the ICO explored using a range of regulatory tools (as well
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£4.6m Grindr fine upheld by Norwegian courts
Claire Saunders
July 22, 2024
The Norwegian courts have upheld a fine of approximately £4.6m against Grindr (the largest fine issued by the Norwegian regulator),
Privacy issues at X
Claire Saunders
January 28, 2024
X (formerly Twitter) is facing challenges to its privacy practices from a couple of sources. The EU commission has commenced
EDPB adopts an urgent binding decision on processing personal data by Meta Ireland Limited
Claire Saunders
November 28, 2023
On 27 October 2023, the EDPB adopted an urgent binding decision giving the Irish Data Protection Commission two weeks to
ICO Snapchat enforcement
Claire Saunders
November 23, 2023
The ICO has issued a preliminary enforcement notice against Snap Inc and Snap Group (together Snap) in relation to
Irish Data Protection Commission Tiktok fine
Claire Saunders
October 28, 2023
On 15 September 2023, the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) issued a decision notice against TikTok Technology Limited (TikTok), including
Question of the month – what happens if you don’t effectively respond to data subject rights requests?
Alison Deighton
September 28, 2023
In late July 2023 the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC) published the results of its inquiry into Airbnb Ireland’s
Meta update
Claire Saunders
August 28, 2023
As usual, things have been busy in Meta’s world with the following developments in the last few weeks: They have
NHS Lanarkshire issued with a reprimand in relation to WhatsApp use
Alison Deighton
August 28, 2023
NHS Lanarkshire (the Trust) have been issued with a reprimand in relation to sharing patients’ personal data on WhatsApp. In
Question of the month – Help! We have used To/CC rather than BCC in an email and it has revealed sensitive personal data– what should we do now?
Claire Saunders
August 12, 2023
There have been a couple of recent reprimands issued by the ICO in situations where individuals’ email addresses were inadvertently
CNIL fines CRITEO €40 million in cross border enforcement action
Alison Deighton
July 28, 2023
The French data protection authority, the CNIL, has imposed a €40 million fine on CRITEO, one of the leading players
What’s new with Meta?
Claire Saunders
April 24, 2023
In January 2023, after a significant and turbulent investigation, the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Meta Ireland) €390m (£340m) for its activities in relation to Facebook and Instagram.
What’s new with WhatsApp?
Claire Saunders
April 24, 2023
Earlier this year, WhatsApp was hit with another (albeit much smaller) fine, this time in relation to the legal basis it uses for some of its processing activities.
Experian v the ICO
Claire Saunders
April 14, 2023
The recent decision of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the Tribunal) has addressed several interesting points of general application in relation to using legitimate interests as a basis for direct marketing processing and the standard of privacy information which needs to be provided by organisations
New strategic approach to regulatory action by the ICO
Jenai Nissim
March 30, 2023
UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards gave a keynote speech at the National Association of Data Protection Officers’ Annual Conference in relation to the ICO’s new approach to regulatory action.
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