At the beginning of August 2018, the UK Information Commissioner (ICO) issued a fine of £ 140.000 To “Lifecycle Marketing (Mother and Baby) ” Ltd or “LCMB”, also known as “Emma´s Diary” for the illegal collection and sale of personal data of more that 1 million people to a marketing company hired by a political […]
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Italy integrates GDPR in national privacy legislation
The Italian Council of Ministers has on 8th August 2018 approved a decree which integrates GDPR into Italian Privacy law. The Decree will have to be published to the Italian Official Gazette to come into force. The GDPR will overwrite part of the Italian Privacy Code (decreto legislativo n. 196/2003), it reformulates the duties and […]
New fine to Facebook from the Spanish Data protection Authority
The Spanish Data Protection Authority (AEPD) has condemned Facebook Inc. to the payment of a sanction of 1,200,000 Euros for the existence of two serious and one very serious infringements of Data Protection Law. According to the Agency, Facebook treats personal data for advertising purposes without express consent of the data subjects and does not […]
The Data Protection Officer in Europe
The EU Regulation 2016/679 on the protection of personal data (GDPR) repealing Directive 95/46/EC focusses, among the others, on a particular topic that will be governed by new specific and more consistent rules: the Data Protection Officer (DPO). This figure is already well known to European companies and institutions, but the GDPR finally clarifies and […]
Fines to Facebook and WhatsApp for breach of privacy and antitrust law
€ 150 Million fine to Facebook by French Data Protection Authority Last week, the French Data Protection Authority (DPA) has condemned Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland to the payment of a € 150 million fine. The sanction is part of a joint investigation carried out by the data protection authorities of France, German Land of […]