The € 50 million fine issued by the CNIL against Google for breach of GDPR obligations might lead to a major change to the privacy compliance approach.
The potential € 6 Bn fine to be issued against Google by European competition authorities is close to the 5% global turnover fine prescribed by the new EU privacy regime. What are the consequences for Internet of Things operators?
Privacy compliance is becoming a tough hurdle in Italy for Google as after having its privacy information notice challenged it has now been requested to adopt a number of measures with an audit right by the Italian data protection authority on the status of their implementation.
Google link tax might be reproduced in Italy after the negative experience that led to the shutting down of Google News in Spain as a consequence of the approval of a similar law.
The Internet of Things will make the Internet disappear according to Eric Schmidt of Google. The Internet will become part of any object around us collecting personal data in a seemless manner which might lead to privacy issues that regulators shall properly address.
Internet of Things regulators might have learnt an interesting lesson from Google's decision to shut down Google News in Spain as a consequence of the coming into force of new publishing law.