The complaints against Google were filed with the French data protection authority (CNIL) by the NOYB (None Of Your Business) association and the LQDN (La Quadrature du Net). Both criticized Google for not having a valid legal basis for processing personal data, especially for the purpose of personalizing advertising. The defects found CNIL found that… […]
Penalty against Kolibiri Image
As of Dec. 17, 2018, the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information issued a fine notice against the company Kolibri Image. The reason given was a lack of a commissioned data processing contract.
First GDPR fine imposed in Germany
On Nov. 22, 2018, the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (LfDI) of the German state of Baden-Württemberg published information on the first DSGVO fine imposed in Germany. The fine was imposed on Knuddels GmbH & Co KG, the operator of the well-known chat portal knuddels.de. Due to an error by the… […]
Recent decisions of the french. Data protection authority
French data protection authority (CNIL) actively intervenes The Austrian data protection authority is not the only one to punish companies that do not comply with the GDPR. The French data protection authority (CNIL) is also intervening more and more actively, as you can see in the following examples. Personal data used unlawfully for marketing purposes… […]
Data breach by optical center
Data protection and the associated data breaches have been a much-discussed topic since the GDPR came into force. Today, we would like to present a case that already made waves before the GDPR. On June 7, 2018, Optical-Center, a French company, was fined €250,000. Previous story Optical-Center is a company that manufactures optical glasses for… […]