European Commission hit by EU court fine

Court Concludes That European Commission Broke GDPR Rules Itself
The EU General Court has ruled against the European Commission for failing to comply with its own GDPR data protection regulations.
European Commission hit by EU court fine after breaking own data privacy rules
European Commission fined for breaking GDPR EU General Court levies fine for failing to protect EU data A German citizen was paid 400 euros The European Commission has been forced to pay a 400 euro ($412) fine to a German citizen for breaking its own data protection regulations.
EU court fines European Commission for breaching its own data privacy laws
The EU court said the bloc's executive authority violated a citizen's rights by transferring some of his personal data to the U.S. without proper safeguards.
E.U. Commission Fined for Transferring User Data to Meta in Violation of Privacy Laws
In July 2023, the E.U. adopted a new personal data transfer mechanism with the U.S. called the E.U.-U.S. Data Privacy Framework following the invalidation of the Privacy Shield, enabling the transatlantic transfer of personal data between the two regions.
In a First, EU Court Fines EU for Breaching Own Data Protection Law
In a first, the EU General Court ruled on Wednesday that the European Commission must pay damages to a German citizen for failing to comply with its own data protection regulations. The court determined that the Commission transferred the citizen's personal data to the United States without proper safeguards and ordered it to pay him 400 euros ($412) in damages.
The EU Fined Itself for Breaking Its Own Data Privacy Law
The European Union has investigated itself and found…actual wrongdoing! For the first time ever, the EU has been found to have violated its own privacy rules established by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and will have to pay a fine,
European Court Fines European Commission for Privacy Violation
European privacy regulation - bane of American technology companies and a favorite cudgel of activists - came to haunt no less an organization than the European
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German Activist Triumphs Over Facebook Data Blunder That Sees European Commission Penalized
The European Commission has been ordered to pay a German resident $412 after his IP address was transferred to Meta’s U.S.
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