Anu Talus, the Finnish chair of the European Data Protection Board, the central body of national regulators overseeing EU data privacy laws, defends opposition to Irish watchdog’s fines
Irish Data Protection Commissioner’s €345 million fine of TikTok shows Beijing-owned video-sharing app is firmly in sights of data regulators
Group complains about social media platforms’ handling of personal data under certain article of the GDPR
Data Protection Commissioner initially planned not to fine Meta for data breaches but fines are arguably the most dissuasive tool in the GDPR toolkit
Data Protection Commission appears to interpret its mandate in a way that is sympathetic to the companies it regulates
With fewer than 30 fines handed out, Ireland doesn’t even crack the top 10, but advocates say the laws have had positive effects
Ireland’s data protection watchdog again has to be forced into tougher measures against Big Tech wrongdoing
Case centres on Facebook’s transfers of personal data to the US in defiance of EU law
Order to delete data processed and stored unlawfully in US could be more problematic for Facebook owner than fine of €1.2bn
Meta, Google, Airbnb, Yahoo!, Twitter, Microsoft, Apple and Tinder account for 87^% of cross-border GDPR complaints to Ireland’s DPC
Helen Dixon tells Web Summit of difficulties in making decision on Twitter data breach
Data Protection Commissioner now responsible for ensuring both search giant and Facebook are compliant on data privacy
Helen Dixon says her office needs to at least double to cope with its expected workload
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