The Spanish supervisory authority Agencia española protección datos (AEPD) imposed several fines on a pharmacy in Catalonia. The pharmacy had accessed the health data of nursing home residents without legal basis...
Hamburg sets a precedent for automated decisions. A company in Hamburg was fined ( 492,000 EURO ) for rejecting credit applications through fully automated algorithms without proper explanation or human review.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined the service provider Capita £14 million. The reason: inadequate security measures, which led to a massive hacker attack in March 2023.
The European Data Protection Board has published guidelines on the interaction of the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on 12 September 2025.
The importance of complying with cookie consent requirements under the GDPR and ePrivacy Directive was also emphasized upon by other national authorities. On September 1st 2025, France’s data protection authority (CNIL) fined...
A German court ruled in March 2025 that cookie consent banners must present a “Reject All” button as clearly and prominently as “Accept All” – and this applies to any website targeting users in the EU, regardless of where the company is based.
On February 6, 2025, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered an opinion in Case C-492/23, clarifying the liability of online marketplace operators concerning...
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined Advanced, a leading IT services provider, £3.07 million for failing to protect sensitive data, following a major ransomware attack in 2022. The breach...
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to reshape industries, regulatory bodies are tightening their oversight to ensure data protection remains a priority. In response, France’s data protection authority, CNIL, has released...
