Gdpr news and trends

Report: EU Set to Agree on Light Touch Rules for Airbnb
Data // November 10, 2023

European Union (EU) countries and European Parliament lawmakers are reportedly expected to reach an agreement on light touch rules for Airbnb next week. The proposed regulations will require short-term accommodation rental services like Airbnb to provide data on the number of users and nights stayed to national...

US, EU Data Sharing Framework Paves Way for ‘Trust and Consumer Confidence’
Regulation // September 28, 2023

Ashley Eisenberg, data privacy officer at Forter, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as companies do business across borders, data access — and protection — are top of mind. “Organizations have started to realize that their data is a valuable asset,” she said. For...

Report: OpenAI Faces New Complaint Regarding GDPR Compliance
artificial intelligence // August 30, 2023

OpenAI is reportedly facing a complaint filed with the Polish data protection authority that raises concerns about the company’s compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The complaint alleges that the ChatGPT creator is in breach of several dimensions of the GDPR,...

Meta Fined $413M for GDPR Breaches
Meta // January 04, 2023

Facebook parent company Meta is facing 390 million euros ($413.4 million) in fines. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said in a Wednesday (Jan. 4) press release that Meta Ireland’s advertising business model is not compliant with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Accordingly, the...

Interviews & Exclusives
US, EU Data Sharing Framework Paves Way for ‘Trust and Consumer Confidence’

September 28, 2023
Ashley Eisenberg, data privacy officer at Forter, told PYMNTS in a recent interview that as companies do business across borders, data access — and protection — are top of mind. “Organizations have started to realize that their data is a valuable asset,” she said. For enterprises based in the U.S. and Europe, collaboration on personal […]

New Year, Same Data-Privacy Woes for Meta’s Advertising Cash Cow

January 04, 2023
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) says Meta’s ad-centric business model is noncompliant with European regulations. That’s according to a public statement released Wednesday (Jan. 4) outlining the commission’s final decision...

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Promote Greater EU Inter-Bank Collaboration in Fighting Fraud

November 03, 2022
Banks are not the police. And yet, for many crimes, financial institutions (FIs) are often on the front lines when it comes to preventing and detecting fraud. Faced with this...

Back to School for the Connected Economy, Too

September 05, 2022
Last week (Aug. 31), the Digital Futures Commission published the results of a study into the use of some popular digital learning tools in education. The report found that “both...

Quick Reads
Swedish Court Fines Klarna $733,324 for Flaws in Privacy Notice

March 11, 2024
Klarna has reportedly been fined 7.5 million Swedish crowns ($733,324) after a Swedish court ruled that the company violated the European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Sweden’s Administrative Court of Appeal ruled that the provider of payment and shopping solutions gave its clients insufficient information about how it would store their personal data, […]

Report: EU Set to Agree on Light Touch Rules for Airbnb

November 10, 2023
European Union (EU) countries and European Parliament lawmakers are reportedly expected to reach an agreement on light touch rules for Airbnb next week. The proposed regulations will require short-term accommodation rental services...

Report: OpenAI Faces New Complaint Regarding GDPR Compliance

August 30, 2023
OpenAI is reportedly facing a complaint filed with the Polish data protection authority that raises concerns about the company’s compliance with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The...

Meta Fined $413M for GDPR Breaches

January 04, 2023
Facebook parent company Meta is facing 390 million euros ($413.4 million) in fines. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said in a Wednesday (Jan. 4) press release that Meta Ireland’s advertising...