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Meta has been hit with a €5.5 million fine for violating GDPR rules with its WhatsApp messenger. A complainant said users were forced to agree to data processing to use WhatsApp and this broke rules.

Meta has said it will appeal against two fines from the Irish DPC which total €390 million. It was fined because of GDPR violations which were raised by two complainants in May 2018.

TikTok's new privacy policy indicates that employees located in several countries, including China, can remotely access European user data by way of methods recognized under the GDPR.

The UK and Republic of Korea have signed a data adequacy agreement that will allow the two countries to transfer data between each other. The countries also agreed for the protection of this data.

The Dutch government has signed an agreement with Google to use Google Workspace tools across public sector organisations. It has been examining the solution and that it complies with GDPR since 2020.

The European Union and the U.S. have reached a provisional agreement over the transatlantic data transfer, which could help companies collect and process user data, possibly with better safeguards.

Xiaomi's products have received certification from TRUSTe showing that they work in compliance with the EU's GDPR which guarantees strong privacy protections for people in the economic bloc.

Google has highlighted the urgent need for a robust EU-US data transfer framework in light of the recent ruling against the use of Google Analytics issued by Austrian data protection authorities.

The Dutch data protection regulator is investigating Google Analytics with results due in early 2022. Google could be forced to alter its software if it's found to contravene the GDPR.

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Ireland's Data Protection Commission has issued a €225 million fine to WhatsApp for violating GDPR rules. The DPC also said that WhatsApp will have to change its processes to align with GDPR.

TikTok has been fined a huge sum of money by the Dutch DPA, a sum total of €750,000, for not appropriately communicating its app's data privacy and usage policy, in accordance with the EU's GDPR.

Twitter has been fined €450,000 in Ireland for failing to notify privacy regulators of a data breach in 2019 and for lack of proper documentation as required by the European Union's GDPR.

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Microsoft has encouraged organizations to rebuild trust with customers by ensuring data privacy themselves rather than solely relying on state legislature in the path to economic recovery.

Several organisations and individuals have announced Global Privacy Control. It's hoped GPC will become an open standard that lets people enforce their rights under privacy laws like CCPA and GDPR.

The updated contract provisions that were announced in November have been rolled out in the commercial sector, and their usage will be monitored by Microsoft over the coming months.

Twitter launched today its Twitter Privacy Center, where the company will be sharing related initiatives, announcements, new privacy products, and communications for security incidents.

Google has agreed to halt its voice recording transcriptions in EU for three months, starting on August 1, as Germany's data privacy regulators are conducting an investigation into such activities.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that website operators are liable for user data if they opt to use Facebook Like buttons on their website to facilitate Facebook data collection.

Opera has announced a new update for its mobile-oriented Opera Touch browser. In this update, Android and iOS users receive a cookie dialog blocker which should make the web less cumbersome.

The privacy tool, previously available in the European Union, now allows Apple users in several countries to see, download, or remove the data the tech giant has collected about them.

Following last week's discovery of a security flaw that may have impacted as many as 50 million users, Facebook could end up paying a hefty fine under the EU's new General Data Protection Regulation.

A new survey from security-body Imperva has revealed that many organisations aren't still aren't GDPR-compliant. In addition, more than half have received data requests allowed under GDPR.

Instapaper today announced that, as a result of becoming an independent company again, it will have to start charging for premium features on it service. It's also coming back to European countries.

Facebook has updated the WhatsApp privacy policy and terms of service in order to comply with the EU's GDPR. The new policies will come into effect next month, presumably on May 25th.

Twitter has announced its new privacy policy which will come into force on the 25th of May in line with the new GDPR now being enforced by the European Union. Users outside the EU will benefit too.

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