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U.S. President Joe Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen just secured a political agreement to keep data flowing between the European Union and the United States. But with EU and U.S. negotiators still hammering out details on the new transatlantic data pact — and legal challenges expected once the…

The European Union late Thursday secured agreement on the detail of a major competition reform that will see the most powerful, intermediating tech platforms subject to a set of up-front rules on how they can and cannot operate — with the threat of fines of up to 10% of global…

Today Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and President Biden have announced an “agreement in principle” on a new EU-US data sharing system. Some facts upfront: There is only a political announcement, not a text that can be analyzed. As far as noyb is informed, such a text does not exist yet…

Brussels and Washington have struck an agreement in principle on a revamped “Privacy Shield” data transfer agreement, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and U.S. President Joe Biden said Friday. Negotiators have been working on an agreement — which allows Europeans’ personal data to flow to the United States…

Google Analytics provides statistics on website traffic. After receiving complaints from the NOYB association, the CNIL, in cooperation with its European counterparts, analysed the conditions under which the data collected through this service is transferred to the United States. The CNIL considers that these transfers are illegal and orders a…

The Belgian Data Protection Authority fined IAB Europe 250,000 euros Wednesday, ruling its Transparency and Consent Framework, used by much of the advertising industry in the European Union, does not comply with several EU General Data Protection Regulation provisions. Through data processing under the TCF, which “facilitates the management of…

France’s data privacy watchdog CNIL said on Thursday it had fined Alphabet’s Google a record €150-million ($169-million) for making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers known as cookies. Meta Platforms’ Facebook was also fined €60-million for the same reason, the CNIL said. Internet users’ prior consent for the use…

Italy’s data protection authority Garante on Tuesday announced its latest fine against a company under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for aggressive telemarketing. Sky Italia was ordered to pay nearly €3.3 million (U.S. $3.8 million) for allegedly misusing customer data to make unwanted promotional phone calls. The figure, ordered…

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) has imposed a fine of €525,000 on the website Locatefamily.com, which publishes people’s addresses and phone numbers, often without their knowledge. Anyone who wants to have their details removed from the site cannot do so easily because Locatefamily.com does not have a representative in…

About one in four companies revealed personal information to a woman’s partner, who had made a bogus demand for the data by citing an EU privacy law. The security expert contacted dozens of UK and US-based firms to test how they would handle a “right of access” request made in…