Lexology PRO | European Union, Netherlands, Norway, etc. | 12 Sep 2023
Could billion-euro claims fulfil activists’ hopes of deterring breaches of the GDPR and meet the public enforcement gap, or will procedural obstacles and funding issues kill off their cases?
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, China, European Union, etc. | 7 Aug 2023
Instagram is fined US$68.5 million for violating biometric data laws, China proposes rules to limit children’s use of mobile phones, and Kenya bans OpenAI’s Worldcoin due to data privacy concerns – plus other key updates.
Lexology PRO | Belgium, Bermuda, European Union, etc. | 27 Jun 2023
Two EU countries accuse London’s transport company of breaching data protection laws, the European Parliament approves the draft EU AI Act, and Texas approves a new data privacy law – plus other key updates.
Lexology PRO | European Union, Ireland | 14 Jun 2023
Ireland’s data regulator has put the brakes on Google’s deployment of generative AI chatbot Bard.
Lexology PRO | Asia-Pacific, Australia, Cyprus, etc. | 22 May 2023
Meta is fined €1.2 billion (US$1.5 billion) for mishandling data in EU-US transfers, Montana is to set become the first US state to ban TikTok, and Taiwan ups fines for data security violations – plus other key updates.
Mason Hayes & Curran LLP | European Union, Ireland | 9 May 2023
The Irish data protection authority, the Data Protection Commission (DPC), conducted a sweep late last year of organisations’ data protection records…
ENSafrica | Kenya | 24 Jan 2023
In January 2023, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner ("DPC") delivered one of its first rulings under the Data Protection Act, 2019 (the…
Lexology PRO | European Union, Ireland | 19 Jan 2023
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner has threatened more court action against the EDPB, after the European body again ordered the data watchdog to launch a further investigation into WhatsApp following a €5.5 million penalty.
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP | Ireland | 7 Dec 2022
On November 25, 2022, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (“DPC”) released a decision fining Meta Platforms, Inc. (“Meta”) €265 million for a 2019…
Lexology PRO | Africa, Asia-Pacific, Australia, etc. | 10 Oct 2022
Optus’ parent company reveals further cyberattacks, former Uber official found guilty of concealing data breach, and the US releases the Blueprint for AI Bill of Rights – plus other key updates.