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Commissioner Therrien shares lessons learned from Statistics Canada investigation with United Nations Statistical Commission

Commissioner Therrien shares lessons learned from Statistics Canada investigation with United Nations Statistical Commis...

The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes administrative fine on Google

The Swedish Data Protection Authority imposes a fine of 75 million Swedish kronor (approximately 7 million euro) on Goog...

EDPB March Plenary Cancelled

Following a decision by the EDPB Chair, the EDPB March Plenary Session has been cancelled due to safety concerns surroun...

Fines proposed for two municipalities

The Danish Data Protection Agency has reported the municipality of Gladsaxe and the Municipality of Hørsholm to the poli...

Personal data breach at the National Center of Addiction Medicine – Administrative fine

On 5 March 2020, the Icelandic Supervisory Authority (SA) took the decision to impose an administrative fine of ISK 3.00...

Personal data breach at the Breiðholt Upper Secondary School – Administrative fine

On 5 March 2020, the Icelandic SA took the decision to impose an administrative fine of ISK 1.300.000 (EUR 8.945) on the...

Announcement: OPC has new tips to help Canadians fight fraud

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Fine for processing students’ fingerprints imposed on a school

The President of the Personal Data Protection Office imposed a fine of PLN 20 000 in connection with the breach consisti...

OPC updates guide to the privacy impact assessment process

Announcement: OPC updates guidance to help federal public sector institutions conducting privacy impact assessments

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Dutch DPA fines Tennis Association

The Dutch DPA imposed a fine of EUR 525,000 on tennis association KNLTB for selling the personal data of its Members. In...

Announcement: OPC launches investigation into RCMP’s use of facial recognition technology

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