A Hamburg, Germany, company from the financial industry that violated the GDPR by failing to tell several customers why their credit card applications were rejected must pay 492,000 euros ($578,000), the city's DPA announced Tuesday.
Social media platform Imgur's move that restricts access to U.K. users was "ia commercial decision taken by the company," the ICO said in a statement Tuesday.
Lithuanian-based digital identity research tool Whitebridge.ai is selling "reputation reports" compiled from large amounts of scraped personal information about unsuspecting people to "anyone willing to pay" for them, privacy advocate Noyb alleged Monday. It slammed the company's "shady business model."
Meta's decision to ask users for consent for their personal information to target them with ads via a "consent or pay" model won praise from the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office Friday.
The municipality of Langhirano unlawfully published online the personal data of hundreds of citizens, Italian DPA Garante said Thursday in imposing a 12,000 euro ($14,000) fine.
Italian DPA Garante fined a Hospital-University Company 80,000 euros ($93,000) for failing to comply with privacy regulations, it announced Thursday.
Customers have a right to access their personal data contained in recorded telephone conversations, Italian DPA Garante said Thursday as it fined a bank 100,000 euros ($117,000) for failing to respond adequately to a consumer's access request.
Bristol City Council breached its legal duty to respond to subject access requests, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office announced Wednesday.
Sweden's DPA will lead an initiative to develop regulations for employment background checks, it announced Tuesday.
Be careful when using AI to generate privacy complaints and inquiries, the Danish Data Protection Authority cautioned Monday.