In a landmark regulatory action, LinkedIn faces a substantial €310 million penalty from Irish authorities. The sanction centers on GDPR failures in how the platform handles user information for ad targeting and behavioral profiling. Investigations determined that LinkedIn’s legal justifications for processing personal data did not meet EU standards. Consent mechanisms were found...

The Irish Data Protection Commission has concluded its investigation into Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, imposing financial penalties totaling €251 million for breaches of GDPR regulations stemming from a 2018 security incident involving Facebook. This incident resulted from malicious actors exploiting authentication tokens, leading to unauthorized access to user accounts. In September...

The Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, AP) has levied a financial penalty of €4.75 million against Netflix due to breaches of GDPR regulations. The investigation, which began in 2019 following complaints from the Austrian privacy organization NOYB (None of Your Business), uncovered significant deficiencies in Netflix's handling of user data and privacy...