Another significant fine for the lack of adequate security measures on personal data was recently issued by a European Supervisory Authority (SA) to a controller responsible for private customers´ data. In the present case, the Swedish Supervisory Authority (IMY) imposed a fine of SEK 35 million (approx. EUR 2.9 million) to the insurance company Trygg-Hansa, […]
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Italian DPA imposes €240,000 fine on Benetton Group
In April 2023 the Italian Data Protection Authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) has fined the famous fashion brand Benetton with 240,000 Euros for violations of the GDPR related to marketing practices involving consumer data. The Garante’s investigation started in 2019 during the course of a scheduled investigation related to marketing activities and […]
The priorities set by the Belgian Data Protection Authority for the 2023 Agenda
At the end of last year, in the context of setting the 2023 budget, the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données/ Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit or APD) has highlighted the main topics that will be the focus of this year’s agenda, depending on the capacity of the authority, as the APD mentioned in its press […]
Delay in reporting a data breach caused a fine of over €400,000 to Booking.com.
The Dutch Data Protection Authority has recently issued a fine of €475,000 to the online touristic operator Booking.com for having notified a data breach to the DPA with a sensible delay. The data breach The staff of about 40 Hotels located in the United Arab Emirates were cheated by a telephone scam and convinced to […]
Massive Datenpanne personenbezogener Daten bei Scraping-Firma SocialArk
Über 300 Millionen Social-Media-Datensätze, die von verschiedenen Plattformen wie Facebook, Instagram und LinkedIn stammen, wurden kürzlich durch eine massive Datenpanne aus der Cloud von SocialArks offengelegt. Hiervon waren mehr als 400 GB öffentliche und private Account-Daten von etwa 214 Millionen Social-Media-Nutzern weltweit betroffen. Nach dem Vorfall wurden die Daten über das Internet verbreitet, darunter auch […]
Massive leak of personal data at scraping company SocialArk
Over 300 million social account records, originating from several platforms including Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn, were recently exposed through a massive data leak from the cloud of SocialArks. More than 400GB of public and private account data of about 214 million social media users across the world have been affected by this massive data leak. […]
The UK DPA imposes a fine to an online leading mother and baby club
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 […]