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Data Privacy News Bytes Nov 28th

Berlin’s Data Protection Authority Issue €14.5Million Fine Property company Deutsche Wohnen SE have been issued a fine of €14.5million by Berlin’s Data Protection Authority for violations of Articles 5 and 25. The company stored tenant’s data in an archive system from which data could not be erased. Deutsche Wohnen SE were originally ordered to rectify […]

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Marriott Faces over £99m GDPR Fine

Marriott International (Marriott) faces a £99m fine or more for a data breach that took place in 2014 at the Starwood hotels group due to poor security practices. Marriott acquired Starwood in 2016 and, according to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), did not undertake sufficient due diligence during the acquisition of the group. Further, […]

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British Airways Faces a £183m GDPR Fine

British Airways (BA) faces a £183m fine for a data breach that took place in June of last year, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) announced on Monday. It is the biggest penalty that any data protection authority has doled out yet, dwarfing the previous record of €50 million that France’s CNIL slapped on Google […]

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GDPR Turns One

In a few weeks, the GDPR will crawl out of infancy to take its first shaky steps of toddlerdom. One year on, what does the GDPR have to say for itself? The Buzz For a dry piece of data protection law, the GDPR has generated an immense amount of chatter. In 2018, GDPR had 300,000 […]