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DECEMBER 3, 2018

With GDPR in full effect since May, organizations with data security practices face the potential of massive fines. Legal Experts Suspect So, But Investigation Could Take a Year or More Will Marriott be the first organization that lost control of Europeans' personal data to feel the full force of the EU's General Protection Regulation?

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MAY 16, 2019

Privacy regulators have also imposed at least $63 million in GDPR fines. $63 Million in Fines Imposed Since Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect European privacy authorities have received nearly 65,000 data breach notifications since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect in May 2018.

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MAY 25, 2021

Three years later, legal and privacy experts say that while the global privacy discussion and expectations have evolved, GDPR still has some growing up to do. That was the day when the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Spotify in an emailed statement said the investigation revealed that "only minor areas of our process" were at odds with the GDPR.

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MARCH 22, 2019

Brian Honan of BH Consulting on When to Notify - or Not Since the EU's new GDPR privacy law came into effect in May 2018, one challenge for organizations that suffer a breach is knowing whether or not they must report it to authorities, says Brian Honan, president and CEO of BH Consulting in Dublin.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Ireland's Data Protection Commission Tuesday hit social media giant Twitter with a $547,000 fine for failing to report and document a data breach within 72 hours, as required under GDPR.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Netherlands, Germany and UK Have Logged the Most Data Breach Reports Since the EU's GDPR went into full effect, European data protection authorities have received over 59,000 data breach reports, with the Netherlands, Germany and the U.K. receiving the greatest number of notifications, according to the law firm DLA Piper.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Privacy Law is Fast Revealing the True Extent of Data Breaches Across UK and EU Less than four months after GDPR went into enforcement, Europe has arguably entered the modern data breach era.

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JUNE 22, 2020

The fine is the biggest yet for a GDPR privacy policy violation. Largest Penalty Levied So Far Under EU's Privacy Regulation France's top court has upheld a $56 million fine against Google for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation with its advertising personalization model that lacked adequate user consent measures.

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JUNE 23, 2020

The fine is the biggest yet for a GDPR privacy policy violation. Largest Penalty Levied So Far Under EU's Privacy Regulation France's top court has upheld a $56 million fine against Google for violating the EU's General Data Protection Regulation with its advertising personalization model that lacked adequate user consent measures.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 29, 2019

After Privacy Law Went Into Full Effect, Data Security Complaints Doubled One year after Europe's tough new GDPR privacy law went into full effect last May, authorities in Britain have seen the number of annual data breach notifications more than quadruple. Meanwhile, the number of data protection complaints filed by Europeans has doubled.

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APRIL 2, 2021

Dutch Authorities Found Company Waited Over 20 Days to Issue Breach Notification The 475,000 euro fine levied against Booking.com by Dutch privacy authorities should serve as a "wake-up call" for other companies when it comes to GDPR, some experts say.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Privacy Watchdog Counts 41 Daily Breach Reports Since GDPR Enforcement Began The U.K.'s s privacy watchdog says that six months after enforcement of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation began, it's seen a dramatic increase in data breach reports - as well as privacy complaints from the public.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Ten of the 15 major investigations that the Data Protection Commission launched since the EU's tough new privacy law, GDPR, went into full effect in May 2018 are focused on Facebook. Facebook Alone the Focus of 10 Separate Regulatory Investigations by Privacy Watchdog Ireland's privacy watchdog has its eye on Facebook.

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Data Breach Today

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Transparency Shortfalls Cited, as WhatsApp Accused of Not Revealing Data Sharing Ireland's privacy law enforcer, the Data Protection Commission, has hit WhatsApp with a 225 million euro ($266 million) fine, finding that it violated the EU's General Data Protection Regulation in part by not telling users how it was sharing their data with parent company (..)

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JANUARY 19, 2021

A Substantial Settlement Could Build Data Security Momentum British Airways could face a substantial compensation payout as a result of an ongoing group lawsuit over its 2018 data breach, the first of its kind under GDPR.

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JULY 9, 2019

Breach Persisted 4 Years - and Through Acquisition - Before Being Discovered Britain's privacy watchdog says it plans to fine hotel giant Marriott $125 million under GDPR for security failures tied to a 2014 breach of the guest reservation database for Starwood, which Marriott acquired in 2016.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Privacy Regulator in UK Cautions Organizations to Conduct Thorough Due Diligence Hotel giant Marriott has been hit with the second largest privacy fine in British history, after it failed to contain a massive, long-running data breach. But the final fine of $23.8 million was just 20% of the penalty initially proposed by the U.K.'s

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JULY 10, 2019

Privacy Regulator's Clear Security Message: Act Now to Avoid 'Disappointment' The data protection gloves have finally come off in Europe after GDPR enforcement began last May - the U.K.'s s privacy watchdog has proposed large post-breach sanctions against British Airways and Marriott.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Repeat Shakedown Tactic: Victims Told to Pay Up or Else They'll Pay Massive Fines Ransomware groups do whatever they can to pressure a victim into paying.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Final Fines Set Precedent, Avoid Court Cases, Likely Reflect EU Penalty Benchmarks Large, recently levied privacy fines against the likes of British Airways, H&M and Marriott show regulators continuing to bring the EU's General Data Protection Regulation to bear after businesses get breached.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

GDPR protects sensitive data like health and financial details, and its enforcement underscores the growing need for stronger data security measures. GDPR: The landscape of data privacy and protection has never been more critical. What is GDPR and Why Does It Matter?

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Data Breach Today

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Employee Surveillance Violations Trigger Germany's Biggest Privacy Fine to Date Privacy regulators in Germany have slammed clothing retailer H&M with a $41 million fine for collecting and retaining private employee data in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Billion Euros in Total Known Fines Since Data Protection Law Took Effect Ireland - home to the European headquarters of a throng of multinational tech companies - is responsible for the greatest amount of aggregate data protection fines - 2.9 billion euros - since the European Union General Data Protection Regulation went into effect.

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JULY 30, 2021

Online Retailer Plans to Appeal the Decision Handed Down by EU Regulators Amazon reports that it's been fined 746 million euros ($885 million) under the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation for violating privacy rights in its advertising program. The company says it plans to appeal.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Campaign Designed to Steal Credentials A recently uncovered phishing campaign used the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation as a lure to steal login credentials. The campaign enticed victims with subject lines indicating their email security system was not in compliance with the law, according to Area 1 Security.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Heads to the House of Lords British Conservative lawmakers are pushing ahead with legislation modifying the U.K. codification of European privacy law despite objections from privacy advocates and concerns about the legislation's impact on European trade.

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MARCH 1, 2023

2019 Ransomware Breach Affected 70,000 Patients, Destroyed Records of 2,500 of Them Irish authorities have fined a healthcare organization 460,000 euros - about $490,000 - for a 2019 Calum ransomware breach that compromised sensitive information of 70,000 patients, including the permanent deletion of data for about 2,500 of them.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

But Across Europe, Total Fines and Breach Reports Continue to Vary Widely by Country Privacy watchdogs in Europe have imposed fines totaling more than $330 million since the EU's General Data Protection Regulation went into full effect in May 2018, according to law firm DLA Piper.

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APRIL 16, 2021

Data Protection Commission Sees Likely Violations in Wake of Latest Mega-Breach Ireland's privacy regulator has launched an investigation into Facebook after personal information for 533 million of the social network's users appeared for sale online.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nationally driven enforcement of the regulation has emerged as a sore point for some during the GDPR's first half decade.

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MARCH 8, 2023

GDPR could lead to more surveillance. Civil Society and Tech Firms Warn Aginst Modifying the European Privacy Law The British government is proposing modifications to the European privacy law adopted as British law before leaving European Union. Civil society groups warn changes to the U.K.

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MAY 10, 2023

GDPR retains all the rights of the European citizens," said John Edwards, U.K. Tory Government Presses Ahead with Data Protection and Digital Information Bill Members of the U.K. Parliament considering modifications to national privacy law heard assurances Wednesday that the European Union will go along with them.

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Data Breach Today

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Privacy Breach Claims Are Rising, Says Thomas Clayton of Zurich Insurance Although the EU's General Data Protection Regulation only went into full effect on May 25, its mandatory privacy breach notifications are already having an effect on the cyber insurance marketplace, says Thomas Clayton of Zurich Insurance.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Privacy Rules Remain in Effect Pending Eventual Outcome of UK-EU Negotiations As former U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May famously declared: "Brexit means Brexit." But what Britain's exit from the EU means for the nation's data privacy rules and future EU-U.K. data flows remains to be seen, as the country navigates its post-Brexit transition period.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The Irish Agency also mandates LinkedIn to revise its data processing to align with GDPR standards. The probe claims that LinkedIn infringed GDPR Article 6 GDPR and Article 5(1)(a), Articles 13(1)(c) and 14(1)(c), and Article 5(1)(a). said DPC Deputy Commissioner Graham Doyle.

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Hunton Privacy

JANUARY 5, 2024

After becoming aware of the fact that a report concerning himself had been prepared, an employee of MDK sought compensation under Article 82 of the GDPR. of the GDPR (which provides that processing based on Article 9.2 (h) of the GDPR (which provides that processing based on Article 9.2 (h) Read the judgement.

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