Amazon has lost its appeal against a record €746 million ($812M) fine imposed by Luxembourg’s privacy regulator (CNPD) for violating EU GDPR rules. The court sided with the CNPD, which had penalized Amazon for improperly processing personal data. While Amazon is considering further appeals, the ruling underscores Europe’s strict approach to data protection and its willingness to enforce the GDPR at the highest levels. The CNPD also included measures for Amazon to remedy the d

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) has fined TikTok €530 million for failing to ensure that European user data transferred to China was protected from access by Chinese authorities. The investigation revealed that TikTok provided misleading information to the DPC and failed to demonstrate that data sent to China would have protection levels equivalent to GDPR standards. While TikTok claims it never shared data with the Chinese government, the DPC found that data was r

The European Commission is preparing changes to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) aimed at reducing administrative burdens for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), while maintaining strong privacy protections. Proposed adjustments may include simplifying data registration requirements for companies with fewer than 500 employees.   The initiative responds to concerns that the current GDPR framework increases compliance costs, creates legal uncertainty due to

The EU has launched an investigation into X (formerly Twitter) over the use of personal data from EU and EEA users to train its AI models, including Grok. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), acting on behalf of the EU, will examine whether X’s practices comply with key GDPR provisions, especially regarding legality and transparency. This follows X’s commitment in September to stop using certain EU user data for AI training. However, the company continued AI model deve

The European Union has decided to implement a digital identity wallet, which is an innovative decision. The purpose of this project is to...

Euractiv reports that the European Commission has launched an initiative for the voluntary phaseout of third-party cookies. Draft pledges...