Seen on the European Data Protection Board web site, a decision by the Slovenia authority: Background information Date of final decision: 28.6.2021 Cross-border case or national case: national case Legal Reference: Right to erasure (Article 17) Decision: Order to comply Key words: Freedom of expression, Legitimate interest, Right to privacy Summary of the Decision The…
Category: Non-U.S.
U.K. Health Department to End Data Contract With Palantir
Bloomberg Law reports: The U.K. government is ending a data deal with Palantir Technologies Inc., following criticism from privacy groups about the lack of transparency on how the contracts were awarded to the U.S. data giant. The Department of Health and Social Care put out a tender in August to shift its Adult Social Care Dashboard away…
Efforts to stop nuisance calls and messages continue worldwide, but are we making any real progress?
In Ireland, the Data Protection Commission issued a statement on September 7 that begins: The Data Protection Commission welcomed the outcome of prosecution proceedings that were taken yesterday morning in the Dublin Metropolitan District Court against two prominent telecommunications companies in relation to marketing offences under S.I. 336 of 2011 in the Dublin Metropolitan District…
Third Dutch foundation joins fight for TikTok privacy compensation
DutchNews.nl reports: A third Dutch foundation has launched a legal case against Chinese social media group TikTok, saying the company illegally harvests data from its 4.5 million Dutch users. Stichting Massaschade & Consument is claiming €6bn from the popular app maker, arguing that the company should respect European privacy laws. ‘The free app profits from…