The Garante issued the largest ever GDPR fine in Italy against ENEL Energia, which, however, shows deficiencies in the enforcement procedures that should be improved to benefit privacy-related values across Europe.
The response from Meta to privacy concerns was to introduce a paywall model with an ad-free subscription option for Facebook and Instagram, following significant legal scrutiny over personal data usage.
Celebrating five years of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), this article delves into a detailed review of the key developments and trends over the past year. I also look ahead, offering insights into what businesses can anticipate for GDPR in the coming year.
The mere violation of the GDPR does not entitle per se to compensation, but it is not necessary for the damage suffered to reach a certain threshold of severity to produce a right to compensation.
The increase in GDPR fines made exponentially complex for businesses to maximize the profits generated by the exploitation of data, but here are potential options to be considered.
The Italian privacy authority has published the plan of inspections for the first half of 2022, which indicates the areas where their dawn raids will be concentrated.
The Directive (EU) 2019/770 allowing the use of personal data as the price for the purchase of digital content and services is now being transposed in most EU countries, potentially opening a new phase of exploitation of data within the European Union.
The EDPB took an arguable position on a few aspects regarding data transfers covered by its draft guidelines on the interplay between Article 3 and Chapter V of GDPR.