EU GDPR Art 12
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Lithuania VDAI reports more complaints and higher fines in 2024
The largest fine of the year was issued to Vinted for violating provisions of the EU GDPR.
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Administrative fines by Irish DPC down more than 50% in 2024
The DPC processed fewer new cases, but received an 11% increase in GDPR breach notifications.
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Electricity and gas firm fined €5m for unsolicited contacts and using old data
More than 2,300 customers were contacted, with some ‘relationships on paper’ endorsed with false signatures.
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X could face sanctions for training Grok on Europeans’ data
The Irish Data Protection Commission has said that it will “examine” complaints received.
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Dutch DPA imposes €30.5m fine on Clearview AI over illegal data collection
The Dutch regulator found Clearview illegally built a database of over 30 billion faces without consent.
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NOYB urges regulators to stop Meta’s use of personal data for AI
Action is needed to stop Meta’s unilateral actions before the processing of users’ data is possible later this month.
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Irish data watchdog reveals 20% increase in data cases handled in 2023
The DPC reports a busy year with increasing cases and GDPR breaches, and a record fine on Meta.
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Fine for ‘abusive’ monitoring of Icelandic Subway employee
“Fear of running out of bread” claimed as one reason for video surveillance of staff.