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Google accused of “illegally” tracking Android users
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The AAID is unique to all Android devices and can be shared with third parties for more effective targeted advertising
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Vodafone Spain fined £7 million for repeated GDPR breaches
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The firm had either been warned or fined smaller amounts on at least 50 occasions between January 2018 and February 2020
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UK seeks divergence from GDPR to 'fuel growth'
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News Experts warn that deviating too much from the EU's regime would jeopardise the UK’s fragile data adequacy status
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EU grants the UK provisional ‘data adequacy’ status
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The UK criticises the EU for not already reaching this agreement prior to the formal Brexit withdrawal date
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Petition urges EU regulators to ban biometric mass surveillance
By Sabina Weston published
News Digital rights advocates say tools such as facial recognition bring 'internet-style omnipresent tracking to the offline world'
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TikTok under fire over potential GDPR violations
By Sabina Weston published
News The BEUC is urging the European Commission to urgently investigate the app's "unclear" data collection practices
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EU set to grant UK data adequacy status
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The agreement ensuring data flows continue will be reviewed every four years and may be subject to legal challenges
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Irish GDPR regulator lambasted for delaying critical IT works
By Keumars Afifi-Sabet published
News The DPC is aiming to finally complete works on its case management system by Q2 2021, five years after first proposing upgrade
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