Tag Archives: Data privacy

US data brokers offer 3.6 billion location data of German cell phone users

Posted on 2024-07-18 by guenni

[German]Research by several German media outlets reveals that US data brokers are offering the locations of cell phone users in Germany. Some of the data can even be accessed free of charge, as research by netzpolitik.org and BR shows. A … Continue reading →

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New Outlook app: "Monitoring and surveillance tool for targeted advertising"

Posted on 2024-01-18 by guenni

[German]The new Microsoft Outlook app is a data protection disaster and a GDPR no-go. Following the revelation that the app transfers access data for accounts and content to Microsoft's cloud, mail vendor Proton took a closer look at the app. … Continue reading →

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European Commission adopts adequacy decision for EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework

Posted on 2023-07-10 by guenni

[German]After the U.S. recently declared that it has implemented the terms of the EU-U.S. data transfer agreement "Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework" (DPF) and complies with the requirements, the EU Commission is following suit. On July 10, 2023, the EU Commission … Continue reading →

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EU data protection authorities fine Meta 1.2 billion, data transfer to the U.S. banned

Posted on 2023-05-22 by guenni

[German]The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) has imposed a record fine of 1.3 billion euros on Facebook parent Meta. The reason was the transfer of personal data of European users to the US without their consent – which was considered … Continue reading →

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Microsoft says update KB5021751 to identify outdated Office versions respects your privacy

Posted on 2023-02-04 by guenni

[German]Microsoft released update KB5021751 for Microsoft Office 2007 – 2013 on January 17, 2023 to track down users who are still using these outdated versions of Office. There was some puzzlement as to what this was all about. Now Microsoft … Continue reading →

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Irish data protection authority fines Meta 390 million euros and appeals it's own decision

Posted on 2023-01-05 by guenni

[German]The Irish Data Protection Authority (DPC) has imposed a fine of €390 million on Meta for user-based advertising on Facebook and Instagram. As a result, Meta is no longer allowed to run ads using users' personal data without their explicit … Continue reading →

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Irish DPC fines Meta/Facebook €265 million after data privacy incident

Posted on 2022-11-29 by guenni

[German]The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has imposed a 265 million fine on Meta, Facebook's parent company. This follows a data protection incident in which millions of Facebook users' data was pulled from the company's systems via tools until September … Continue reading →

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Ireland's IDPC systematically protects Google, Facebook & Co. against GDPR proceedings

Posted on 2021-09-14 by guenni

[German]It is a scandal of the first order that has been known for a long time. The Irish Data Protection Commission (IDPC) systematically blocks and delays proceedings against US giants such as Google, Facebook, etc. for violations of the General … Continue reading →

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