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Breach Roundup: Swedish Insurer Fined $3M for GDPR Breach

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Also, Google Fitbit Faces Privacy Complaints From Schrems This week, the Swedish DPA fined an insurer $3 million for violating GDPR, a DDoS attack disrupted a German financial agency website, Google Fitbit faced privacy complaints from Schrems, Ragnar Locker published hacked hospital data, and Seville, Spain dealt with the aftermath of a ransomware (..)

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Microsoft Sets Aside $425M For Anticipated GDPR Fine

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European authorities have shown increased willingness to use the GDPR to limit targeted advertising.

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Spotify Fined 5 Million Euros for GDPR Violations

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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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UK Parliament Hears Assurances on GDPR Adequacy

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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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UK Reintroduces Bill Proposing Modifying Country's GDPR

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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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New EU FIDA Proposal: How Does This Affect GDPR?

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The post New EU FIDA Proposal: How Does This Affect GDPR? FIDA will create a legislative framework that aims to "bring payments and the wider financial sector into the digital age" by facilitating the sharing of and access to customer financial data (whether of businesses or consumers). appeared first on Data Matters Privacy Blog.

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British Lawmakers Push Ahead With Modifying UK GDPR

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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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