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Access Now publishes GDPR progress report

A little over a year after entry into application, and after 95.000 complaints filed, 59.000 breaches reported, and nearly 60 million euros imposed in fines, we’re taking a closer look at the way the EU General Data Protection Regulation is being implemented.
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Ad Tech GDPR complaint is extended to four more European regulators

Complainants consider Real-Time Bidding a “vast scale personal data leakage by Google and other major companies” in the behavioural advertising industry.
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EDPB publishes statement on the use of personal data in political campaigns

The EDPB states that the amount of data processing brings serious risks “not only to the rights and to data protection, but also to trust in the integrity of the democratic process”.
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EDPB-LIBE Report on the implementation of the GDPR

The EDPB affirms in its Report that the majority of DPAs would need an increase of 30-50% in their budget in order to deal efficiently with the tasks they are required to perform.
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EDPB publishes statistics about complaints one year after enter into force of the GDPR

Data Protection Authorities have received more than 144,000 complaints and over 89,000 data breaches. Out of these, 63% of these have been closed and 37% are still ongoing.
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Polish DPA issues two GDPR fines

Two GDPR fines (220000 Euro and 13 000 Euro) were issued by the Polish Data Protection Authority (DPA).
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Sweden publishes first annual privacy report

Awareness raising about GDPR and concerns on data protection issues in Sweden.
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Spanish Constitutional Court strikes down political profiling

Spanish Tribunal Court impedes that the GDPR implementation law legalises in Spain the practices criticised in the Cambridge Analytica case
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Will the GDPR serve its purpose? Three difficult lessons after its first year

Legal regulations take shape by practice. The GDPR - as a legal document - was born in 2016. After two years of incubation it was thrown...

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GDPR in numbers.

A year after the enter into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) we have collected data from fifteen Data Protection Authorities (DPAs) regarding complaints received, number of data breach notifications and fines imposed, among other data. More

Complaints

The number of complaints submitted to the DPAs. Lawsuits filed with courts are not included.

Proceedings initiated on the own initiative

Breach notifications

The number of data breach notifications submitted to Data Protection Authorities by businesses or other organisations, pursuant to Article 33 of the GDPR.

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