The Italian data protection supervisory authority (Garante per la protezione dei dati personali) ordered Vodafone to pay a fine in excess of Euro 12,250,000 on account of having unlawfully processed the personal data of millions of users for telemarketing purposes. Izvor: Aggressive telemarketing practices: Vodafone fined over 12 million Euro by Italian DPA
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The provision has contributed to the firm making an €11.2 million (U.S. $13.3 million) loss for the year ending Dec. 31, 2019, according to the latest set of accounts the company filed at the end of October with Ireland’s Companies Registration Office. Izvor: WhatsApp Ireland reserves $91.8M for potential GDPR fine
One effect of COVID-19 has been a sharp increase in businesses’ use of remote surveillance solutions to protect corporate resources and monitor the productivity and behavior of employees working away from the office for the foreseeable future. Izvor: Proceed with Caution When Remotely Monitoring Employees in the EU
On 12 November 2020 the Commission of the European Union (EU) published two draft implementing decisions – one containing a draft new set of standard contractual clauses for transfers of personal data from the EU to third countries (the Cross-Border SCCs), and one containing a draft of new standard contractual clauses for certain clauses in