GDPR - News, Features, and Slideshows

• Google first of the Silicon Valley giants hit by major GDPR fine

  Google has become the first of the Silicon Valley technology giants to be landed with a fine under the General Data Protection Regulation.

• France fines Google US$57M for European privacy rule breach

  'The amount decided, and the publicity of the fine, are justified by the severity of the infringements observed regarding the essential principles of the GDPR: transparency, information and consent'

• Companies expected to face first GDPR fines this year

  Regulators are set to exercise their new powers by handing out fines and even temporary bans on companies that breach a new EU privacy law, with the first round of sanctions expected by the end of the year, the bloc's privacy chief said.

• GDPR kicks in

  New European privacy regulations went into effect on Friday that will force companies to be more attentive to how they handle customer data.

• Inside Facebook's plan to limit the impact of GDPR protections

  If a new European law restricting what companies can do with people's online data went into effect tomorrow, almost 1.9 billion Facebook users around the world would be protected by it. The online social network is making changes that ensure the number will be much smaller.

• UK seeks to limit Brexit effect on personal data flows

  With a new round of Brexit negotiations beginning Monday, the U.K. is seeking to ensure that businesses sending personal information to or through the UK are not left stranded when the country leaves the EU.

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