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European Commission Gets Dinged for Unlawful Data Transfer, Sending a Big Message About Accountability.

www.eff.org European Commission Gets Dinged for Unlawful Data Transfer, Sending a Big Message About Accountability

The European Commission was caught failing to comply with its own data protection regulations and, in a first, ordered to pay damages to a user for the violation. The €400 ($415) award may be tiny compared to fines levied against Big Tech by European authorities, but it’s still a win for users and.....

European Commission Gets Dinged for Unlawful Data Transfer, Sending a Big Message About Accountability

The European Commission was caught failing to comply with its own data protection regulations and, in a first, ordered to pay damages to a user for the violation. The €400 ($415) award may be tiny compared to fines levied against Big Tech by European authorities, but it’s still a win for users and considerably more than just a blip for the “talk about embarrassing” file at the commission.

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