French privacy watchdog CNIL slapped five political candidates with fines totaling 23,500 euros ($27,000) for GDPR breaches, it said Thursday.
Certain information collected by a body camera during a ticket inspection must be provided immediately to the passenger concerned under the GDPR, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled Thursday (Case C-4242/24, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik).
France's Ministry of National Education and privacy watchdog CNIL renewed their partnership to strengthen digital education and protection of students' data, they said Wednesday.
French watchdog CNIL launched FantomApp, an app to help 10-15-year olds protect their data on social networks, on Tuesday.
Concerns about whether proposed changes to the GDPR in the European Commission's digital omnibus package could harm data flows between the EU and the U.K. are a "storm in a teacup" aimed at pressuring the EC's proposals, Shoosmiths privacy lawyer Alice Wallbank emailed us Monday.
Financial institutions may offer "targeted support" to help customers make informed decisions about their finances but must also respect data protection rights and direct marketing preferences, the U.K. ICO and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said Thursday.
The ICO fined password manager LastPass UK 1.2 million pounds ($1.6 million) for failures leading to a 2022 data breach that compromised the personal data of around 1.6 million U.K. users, it said Thursday. The company didn't immediately comment.
People in the U.K. care system are too often prevented from seeing their records, Information Commissioner John Edwards said Tuesday in updated standards on responding to subject access requests.
Starting in January, Meta will give European users a choice of either consenting to share all their personal data in exchange for personalized ads or opting to share less information for more limited advertising, the European Commission said Monday.
More than 95% of the U.K.'s top 1,000 websites are in compliance with advertising cookie rules, the ICO said Thursday.