Sweden's data protection authority IMY said it's investigating the data-deletion practices of people-search companies Upplysning Checknode and Nusvar after receiving numerous complaints about them.
The European Commission is seeking input for an upcoming impact assessment about updating EU data-retention rules, it said in a consultation launched June 20.
Sixteen billion stolen identifiers and passwords available online as a result of data breaches provide additional options for bad actors, French data protection authority CNIL said Friday.
Dutch law enforcement agencies aren't following the law concerning data retention, the Dutch Data Protection Authority told the country's House of Representatives in a letter June 19.
The U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) June 19 published information to help businesses and the public as changes under the new U.K. Data Use and Access Act 2025 (DUAA) are introduced (see 2506100003).
Hotels and other organizations offering accommodation can't make copies of customers' identity documents, such as passports, because it violates data-minimization rules and involves excessive data processing, the Spanish Data Protection Agency noted Tuesday.
The European Commission is in "continuous dialogue with Meta concerning the launch of their Meta AI feature," an EC official emailed Tuesday in response to questions from Privacy Daily about Meta AI users posting what's typically private information for everyone to see on the app (see 2506120082).
With research showing most Brits own smart devices, the U.K. Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) Monday published guidance for developers and manufacturers on collecting, using and sharing people's personal information responsibly.
The use of tracking pixels is growing, raising issues about email, French privacy watchdog CNIL said Thursday as it unveiled a consultation on draft recommendations for using pixels. CNIL said it's receiving increasing complaints about pixels and wants to help stakeholders who use such trackers understand their obligations around user-consent collection.
Inspections of six websites' use of tracking pixels found that the sites illegally shared visitors' personal information with third parties, including, in some cases, sensitive information, the Norwegian Data Protection Authority (DPA) said Thursday. It fined one website more than $25,000 (250,000 kroner).