On 16 May 2024, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) imposed a fine of €30.5 million on Clearview AI, a U.S. company that offers facial recognition services. Clearview built a vast database of over 30 billion images, scraped from publicly accessible online sources, and converted these into biometric data. This practice violates the GDPR […]
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On 3 September 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in Hallaçoğlu v. Türkiye (Application no. 24514/19), addressing a privacy violation involving the monitoring of confidential communications between a prisoner and his lawyer. The case centered on Ruhi Hallaçoğlu, who was detained following the 2016 coup attempt for alleged membership in
On 29 August 2024, the Swedish Privacy Protection Authority (IMY) issued two fines against major pharmacy companies, Apoteket AB and Apohem AB, for violations of Article 32 of the GDPR. Both cases involved the misuse of Meta’s analytics tool, Meta Pixel, which led to the unintentional transfer of sensitive customer data to Meta Platforms Ireland.
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On 26 August 2024 the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) announced that it had imposed a €290 million fine on Uber Technologies Inc. and its Dutch subsidiary, Uber B.V., for violating Article 44 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The penalty was a result of Uber’s failure to ensure appropriate data transfer mechanisms for
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On 2 August 2024 UNESCO launched a public consultation on its draft Guidelines for the Use of AI Systems in Courts and Tribunals. These guidelines are a key part of UNESCO’s “AI and the Rule of Law” initiative under the Global Judges Programme, and are designed to ensure that AI tools used by courts and
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