Between 25% and 48% of French internet users would be willing to convert their free, ad-supported access to services into a paid subscription without targeted advertising, watchdog CNIL reported Thursday.
The European Commission is assessing whether ChatGPT qualifies as a Very Large Online Platform (VLOP) under the Digital Services Act (DSA), a spokesman said Wednesday during a briefing. That could have implications for the company's use of targeted advertising.
Dating app Grindr lacked valid consent to disclose users' personal data to its advertising partners, Norway's Borgarting Court of Appeal ruled Tuesday. It upheld findings by the District Court, Norwegian DPA and Privacy Appeal Board, including a fine of 65 million Norwegian krone ($6.5 million), the DPA announced.
With targeted political advertising in Europe now governed by new rules that complement the GDPR, French watchdog CNIL published practical guides Tuesday to make sure that data processing done in the course of political communications is privacy-compliant.
The European Parliament voted 533-43 to back rules to speed up cross-border GDPR enforcement, it announced Tuesday.
The job applicant at the center of a German GDPR case decided in June was seeking an administrative position at the law school (see 2510100030).
French DPA CNIL will host a GDPR Day on Dec. 9 in Nantes, it announced Monday. Aimed at professionals, academics and students, the event will focus on updates in data protection, tools for data protection officers, CNIL audits and cybersecurity.
The U.K. government is getting its data protection house in order, Information Commissioner John Edwards said in a statement Monday as authorities released an 11-point information security and privacy plan.
Consent-or-pay advertising models can comply with data protection law if companies can show that people are freely agreeing to have their information used for personalized ads, the U.K. ICO said in guidance issued Monday.
The U.K. Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) on Friday released Google from commitments it made in February 2022 regarding its Privacy Sandbox on the grounds that there are no longer any competition concerns.