The privacy ruling restricting access to European data in China will have a “severe impact” on the platform, TikTok claims as it pushes to extend a stay on penalties including a €530m fine over data transfers.
Meta is challenging €251 million in penalties imposed by the Data Protection Commission after a security breach on Facebook. The tech giant has racked up €3 billion in GDPR fines to date, almost all of which are contested.
Last September, the data protection watchdog fined the social media €91m for user password privacy breaches.
The Irish watchdog's stalled probe into Google's account creation process is on the back of six privacy complaints from across the EU. But to Google's chagrin, the ambit of the inquiry goes further than that.
Google Ireland claims the watchdog's inquiry into consumer complaints is unlawful and could damage the tech company if harmful or commercially sensitive information is improperly disclosed.
Meta has been unequivocal that the DPC's landmark €1.2bn fine for privacy breaches represents an existential threat to Facebook's future in Europe. The Currency looks at some of the flints on the social media giant's bow.
The EU’s data protection watchdog asserts control over Ireland and sends a stark warning to multinationals channelling user details overseas via Dublin, but the courts will have the final say.
With just a year left in the job, Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon takes on her critics and explains why the privacy watchdog is delivering the goods.
The Data Protection Commission has recently handed down over €1bn in fines against Meta-owned companies for privacy breaches under GDPR. The latest against messaging service WhatsApp is a drop in the ocean by comparison at €5.5 million. Yet it too is now subject to legal challenge.
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