The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) has started an investigation on Facebook, following the data breach suffered by the Company the previous week, related to about 50 million accounts
French DPA publishes its first GDPR implementation report
The French Data Protection Authority CNIL has published the first assessment of the implementation of the GDPR in France
US Senate hears from tech companies on safeguards for consumer data privacy
The Commerce Committee of the US Senate heard representatives of Amazon, Apple, AT&T, Google, Twitter, and Charter Communications (which provides internet and cable TV services under the Spectrum brand)
Spotify, Deezer and other EU tech companies call for tougher rules on tech giants
Music streaming services Spotify and Deezer, alongside other EU tech companies, wrote a joint letter to EU governments to call for stronger regulatory safeguards against the largest internet platforms such as Apple, Google, and Amazon
EU Parliament adopts negotiating position on copyright rules
The European Parliament has adopted its negotiating position on the Copyright Directive, which was originally proposed by the European Commission in September 2016
EC launches the adoption of the adequacy decision for Japan on data protection
Following the conclusion of the EU-Japan talks on personal data protection in July 2018, the EC has now launched the procedure for the adoption of its adequacy decision
British broadcasters and ISPs call for new watchdog to police social media
A coalition of Britain’s broadcasters and communications providers has called for the creation of a new watchdog to fight the problem of abuse and misinformation online
Italian regulator AGCOM fines Amazon for not having a licence as postal operator
The Italian regulatory authority AGCOM, which oversees the postal sector as well as communications markets, has ruled a total fine of €300k to companies of the Amazon group
Germany tightens sales tax rules for platforms such as Amazon and eBay
The German government has approved plans to toughen the rules on the amount of tax online retail platforms such as Amazon and eBay are obliged to pay in Germany
European Commission and Japan agree on reciprocal data adequacy
The European Commission has announced an agreement with Japan on reciprocal adequacy for transfer of personal data, thereby creating “the world’s largest area of safe data flows”
