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April 2023 | Claire Saunders

What’s new with Meta?

In January 2023, after a significant and turbulent investigation, the Irish Data Protection Commission (Irish DPC) fined Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Meta Ireland) €390m (£340m) for its activities in...

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April 2023 | Claire Saunders

Experian v the ICO

The recent decision of the First Tier Tribunal (Information Rights) (the Tribunal) has addressed several interesting points of general application in relation to using legitimate interests as a basis for...

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April 2023 | Claire Saunders

What’s new with WhatsApp?

Earlier this year, WhatsApp was hit with another (albeit much smaller) fine, this time in relation to the legal basis it uses for some of its processing activities.

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March 2023 | Jenai Nissim

New strategic approach to regulatory action by the ICO

UK Information Commissioner, John Edwards gave a keynote speech at the National Association of Data Protection Officers’ Annual Conference in relation to the ICO’s new approach to regulatory action.

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